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Theory imposes expectations on practice, and where theory leads us to expect training to be of limited success, initial training studies frequently seem to support theory (see Chapters 1 and 3 in this volume). Such has been the case in research on training communication skills.
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Dickson, W.P. (1983). Training Cognitive Strategies for Oral Communication. In: Pressley, M., Levin, J.R. (eds) Cognitive Strategy Research. Springer Series in Cognitive Development. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5519-2_2
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