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APA-Style Citations Can Create a Roadblock to Textbook Comprehension for Less Skilled Readers

We examined the effect of in-text American Psychological Association (APA)-style citations on quiz performance as a function of structure building ability, measured by the Multi-Media Comprehension Battery. Participants were randomly assigned to either APA or no citation conditions and asked to read...

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Published in:	Teaching of psychology 2020-04, Vol.47 (2), p.147-155
Main Authors:	Stiegler-Balfour, Jennifer J., Jakobsen, Krisztina V., Stroud, Michael J., Daniel, David B.
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