Cognitive processes during reading: Implications for the use of multimedia to foster reading comprehension

Multimedia and Literacy Development: Improving Achievement for Young Learners

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 57-73

  Van den Broek, Paul ^a   Kendeou, Panayiota ^b   White, Mary Jane ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE

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EID: 84857091278     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203892152-11     Document Type: Chapter

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