Improving reasoning skills in secondary history education by working memory training

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 210-228

  Ariës, Roel Jacobus ^a   Groot, Wim ^a   Van Den Brink, Henriette Maassen ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84927957885     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/berj.3142     Document Type: Article

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