Material appropriate processing and elaboration: The impact of balanced and complementary types of processing on learning concepts from text

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 221-237

  Hamilton, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; READING; RECALL;

ADULT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; READING;

EID: 2942585384     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709904773839851     Document Type: Article

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