Effect of selected "desirable difficulty" learning strategies on the retention of physiology information

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 378-383

  Dobson, John L ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expanding retrieval; Interleaving

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859373186     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00039.2011     Document Type: Article

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