Access to handouts of presentation slides during lecture: Consequences for learning

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 691-706

  Marsh, Elizabeth J ^a   Sink, Holli E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; HANDOUT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 78650456104     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1579     Document Type: Article

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