Vicarious learning: Effects of overhearing dialog and monologue-like discourse in a virtual tutoring session

Journal of Educational Computing Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 431-450

  Driscoll, David M ^a   Craig, Scotty D ^a   Gholson, Barry ^a,b   Ventura, Matthew ^a   Hu, Xiangen ^a   Graesser, Arthur C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

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EID: 3042642321     PISSN: 07356331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/Q8CM-FH7L-6HJU-DT9W     Document Type: Article

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