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- 1983
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- article
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 32-40
- Citations
- 49
- Access
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John Sweller
(1983).
Control mechanisms in problem solving.
Memory & Cognition
, 11
(1)
, 32-40.
https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03197659
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- 10.3758/bf03197659