Learning With Real Machines or Diagrams: Application of Knowledge to Real-World Problems

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 129-160

  Ferguson, Erika L ^a   Hegarty, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84949157700     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: 1532690X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532690xci1301_4     Document Type: Article

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