The nature of the refutation text effect: An investigation of attention allocation

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 407-423

  Broughton, Suzanne H ^a   Sinatra, Gale M ^b   Reynolds, Ralph E ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

attention allocation; conceptual change; refutation text; science learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956016046     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220670903383101     Document Type: Article

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