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What Counts? The Predictive Powers of Subject-Matter Knowledge, Strategic Processing, and Interest in Domain-Specific Performance

P. Karen Murphy Ohio State University
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Patricia A. Alexander University of Maryland
Pages 197-214 | Published online: 01 Apr 2010

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