Learning how to learn: Can experiencing the outcome of different encoding strategies enhance subsequent encoding?

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-211

  Bjork, Elizabeth Ligon ^a   DeWinstanley, Patricia Ann ^b   Storm, Benjamin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 34547499050     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194053     Document Type: Conference Paper

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