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John Sweller,
Marvin Levine
(1982).
Effects of goal specificity on means–ends analysis and learning..
Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition
, 8
(5)
, 463-474.
https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.8.5.463
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- 10.1037/0278-7393.8.5.463