The role of examples and rules in the acquisition of a cognitive skill

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 932-945

  Anderson, John R ^a   Fincham, Jon M ^a   Douglass, Scott ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; LEARNING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; HUMANS; LEARNING;

EID: 0031183174     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.23.4.932     Document Type: Article

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