The effects of reading purpose and working memory capacity on the processing of expository text

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 778-784

  Linderholm, Tracy ^a   Van den Broek, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 85047686877     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.94.4.778     Document Type: Article

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