Cognitive load and assembly tasks: Effect of instructional formats on learning assembly procedures

Educational Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 285-299

  Pillay, Hitendra K ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 0007196858     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144341970170304     Document Type: Article

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