Conceptual learning in relation to near and far transfer in the secondary school subject of economics

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-129

  Kneppers, Lenie ^a   Elshout Mohr, Marianne ^a,b   Van Boxtel, Carla ^a   Van Hout Wolters, Bernadette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conceptmapping; Context; Economics; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848834127     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173517     Document Type: Review

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