How including prior knowledge as a subject variable may change outcomes of learning research

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 159-189

  Shapiro, Amy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning; Methodology; Prior knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142735069     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00028312041001159     Document Type: Article

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