Spontaneous inferential processing while reading interleaved expository texts enables learners to discover the underlying regularities
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عنوان ژورنال: Applied Cognitive Psychology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0888-4080,1099-0720
DOI: 10.1002/acp.3761