Imagining instructions: Mental practice in highly cognitive domains

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 128-140

  Ginns, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 25144441055     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000494410504900202     Document Type: Review

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