Some good texts are always better: Text revision to foster inferences of readers with high and low prior background knowledge

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-68

  Gilabert, Ramiro ^a   Martínez, Gabriel ^a   Vidal Abarca, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

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EID: 14644433116     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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