How Effective is Example Generation for Learning Declarative Concepts?

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 649-672

  Rawson, Katherine A ^a   Dunlosky, John ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept learning; Declarative concepts; Example generation; Restudy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976314209     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: 1573336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10648-016-9377-z     Document Type: Article

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