Reading multiple texts about climate change: The relationship between memory for sources and text comprehension

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 192-204

  Strømsø, Helge I ^a   Bråten, Ivar ^a   Britt, M Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple texts; Sourcing skill; Text comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949091747     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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