Using Multiple Sources of Evidence to Reason about History

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 478-493

  Rouet, Jean François ^a   Mason, Robert A ^b,d   Perfetti, Charles A ^b   Britt, M Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 0347683836     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.88.3.478     Document Type: Article

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