Instructional Illustrations: Intended Meanings and Learner Interpretations

Journal of Visual Literacy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-204

  Boling, Elizabeth ^a   Eccarius, Malinda ^b   Smith, Kennon ^c   Frick, Ted ^c  

^a City of Bloomington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 74249094056     PISSN: 1051144X     EISSN: 23796529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23796529.2004.11674612     Document Type: Article

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