Interactive Law Encoding Diagrams for learning and instruction

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 309-325

  Cheng, Peter C H ^a  

^a Centre for Research in Development   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer based learning; Diagrams; Science instruction; Visual representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000319190     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4752(98)00049-8     Document Type: Article

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