Undergraduate students' ability to revise text effectively: Relationships with topic knowledge and working memory

Journal of Research in Reading

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-76

  Adams, Anne Marie ^a   Simmons, Fiona ^a   Willis, Catherine ^a   Pawling, Ralph ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 76449083298     PISSN: 01410423     EISSN: 14679817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2009.01432.x     Document Type: Article

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