Conceptions of efficiency: Applications in learning and problem solving

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Hoffman, Bobby ^a   Schraw, Gregory ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 77950908667     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00461520903213618     Document Type: Article

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