The Import of Knowledge Export: Connecting Findings and Theories of Transfer of Learning

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 153-176

  Day, Samuel B ^a   Goldstone, Robert L ^b  

^a SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84864539832     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00461520.2012.696438     Document Type: Review

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