How Does Expansive Framing Promote Transfer? Several Proposed Explanations and a Research Agenda for Investigating Them

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 215-231

  Engle, Randi A ^a   Lam, Diane P ^a   Meyer, Xenia S ^a   Nix, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84864569685     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00461520.2012.695678     Document Type: Article

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