Individual Differences in Students' Retention of Knowledge and Conceptual Structures Learned in University and High School Courses: The Case of Test Anxiety

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 507-526

  Naveh Benjamin, Moshe ^a   Lavi, Hagit ^a   Mckeachie, Wilbert J ^b   Lin, Yi Guang ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 2542526298     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0720(199712)11:6<507::AID-ACP482>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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