The influence of the length of causal chains on question asking and on the comprehensibility of scientific texts

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 50-62

  Otero, José ^a   Caldeira, Helena ^b   Gomes, Carlos João ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

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EID: 0942289781     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-476X(03)00018-3     Document Type: Article

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