Effects of coherence and relevance on shallow and deep text processing

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 738-750

  Lehman, Stephen ^a   Schraw, Gregory ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 85047687196     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.94.4.738     Document Type: Article

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