SARA: A text-based and reader-based theory of signaling

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-48

  Lemarié, Julie ^a,d   Lorch Jr , Robert F ^b   Eyrolle, Hélène ^a   Virbel, Jacques ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c IRIT   (France)

^d UTM   (France)

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EID: 41349095270     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00461520701756321     Document Type: Article

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