Revisiting cognitive and learning styles in computer-assisted instruction: Not so useful after all

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 778-784

  Cook, David A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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EID: 84861703730     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182541286     Document Type: Article

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