Learning and memory of factual content from narrative and expository text

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 541-564

  Wolfe, Michael B W ^a   Mienko, Joseph A ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; RECALL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; NARRATION;

EID: 35348848985     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709906X143902     Document Type: Article

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