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Learning structured diagrams — effect of mathematical background, instruction, and problem semantics

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van der Veer, G.C., van Beek, J., Cruts, G.A.N. (1987). Learning structured diagrams — effect of mathematical background, instruction, and problem semantics. In: Gorny, P., Tauber, M.J. (eds) Visualization in Programming. IPsy 1986. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 282. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-18507-0_5

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