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Educational Psychology
An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology
Volume 43, 2023 - Issue 2-3
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Research Articles

Finger pointing to support learning from split-attention examples

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Pages 207-227 | Received 22 Nov 2021, Accepted 17 Mar 2023, Published online: 31 Mar 2023

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