Does spatial or visual information in maps facilitate text recall? Reconsidering the conjoint retention hypothesis

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-36

  Griffin, Marlynn M ^a   Robinson, Daniel H ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 15944406859     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02504855     Document Type: Article

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