Instructional efficiency: Revisiting the original construct in educational research

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-26

  Van Gog, Tamara ^a   Paas, Fred ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

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EID: 41349084211     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00461520701756248     Document Type: Article

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