When Are Graphs Worth Ten Thousand Words? An Expert-Expert Study

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 429-473

  Roth, Wolff Michael ^a   Bowen, Gervase Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0442307141     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532690xci2104_3     Document Type: Article

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