Common use of PowerPoint versus the assertion-evidence structure: A cognitive psychology perspective

Technical Communication

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 331-345

  Garner, Joanna K ^a   Alley, Michael ^a   Gaudelli, Allen F ^a   Zappe, Sarah E ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

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