Ten common but questionable principles of multimedia learning

The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 151-173

  Clark, Richard E ^a   Feldon, David F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139547369.009     Document Type: Chapter

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