An extended dual search space model of scientific discovery learning

Instructional Science

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 307-346

  Van Joolingen, Wouter R ^a   De Jong, Ton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Discovery learning; Problem solving; Scientific discovery; Simulation based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031527428     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002993406499     Document Type: Article

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