Understanding and integrating multiple science texts: Summary tasks are sometimes better than argument tasks

Reading Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 30-68

  Gil, Laura ^a   Br̊ten, Ivar ^b   Vidal Abarca, Eduardo ^a   Strømsø, Helge I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 77951288850     PISSN: 02702711     EISSN: 15210685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02702710902733600     Document Type: Article

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