“Mining for Meaning:" Cognitive Effects of Inserted Questions in Learning From Scientific Text

The Psychology of Science Text Comprehension

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 417-436

  Rouet, Jean François ^a   Vidal Abarca, Eduardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

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EID: 85136630649     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410612434-27     Document Type: Chapter

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