Improving Students’ Learning With Effective Learning Techniques: Promising Directions From Cognitive and Educational Psychology
@inproceedings{Dunlosky2012ImprovingSL, title={Improving Students’ Learning With Effective Learning Techniques: Promising Directions From Cognitive and Educational Psychology}, author={John Dunlosky and Katherine A. Rawson and Elizabeth J. Marsh and Mitchell J. Nathan and Daniel T. Willingham}, year={2012} }
John Dunlosky, Katherine A. Rawson, Elizabeth J. Marsh, Mitchell J. Nathan, and Daniel T. Willingham Department of Psychology, Kent State University; Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University; Department of Educational Psychology, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, and Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin–Madison; and Department of Psychology, University of Virginia
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