Toward a Model of Transfer as Sense-Making

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 184-207

  Nokes Malach, Timothy J ^a   Mestre, Jose P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 84880134154     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00461520.2013.807556     Document Type: Article

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