Knowledge to Go: A Motivational and Dispositional View of Transfer

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 248-258

  Perkins, David N ^a   Salomon, Gavriel ^b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 84864563061     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00461520.2012.693354     Document Type: Article

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