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Learning from Narrated Animations with Different Support Procedures: Working Memory Capacity Matters

  1. Irene T. Skuballa*,
  2. Rolf Schwonke,
  3. Alexander Renkl

Article first published online: 28 NOV 2012

DOI: 10.1002/acp.2884

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Applied Cognitive Psychology

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Special Issue: New Directions and Challenges to Cognitive Load Theory

Volume 26, Issue 6, pages 840–847, November/December 2012

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Skuballa, I. T., Schwonke, R. and Renkl, A. (2012), Learning from Narrated Animations with Different Support Procedures: Working Memory Capacity Matters. Appl. Cognit. Psychol., 26: 840–847. doi: 10.1002/acp.2884

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Freiburg, Germany

* Irene T. Skuballa, Department of Psychology, University of Freiburg, Educational and Developmental Psychology, Engelbergerstr. 41, D-79085 Freiburg, Germany.
E-mail: skuballa@psychologie.uni-freiburg.de

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