An imagination effect in learning from scientific text

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 47-63

  Leopold, Claudia ^a   Mayer, Richard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Imagery; Imagination; Learning strategy; Multimedia learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925680541     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: 19392176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037142     Document Type: Article

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