Computer technology and complex problem solving: Issues in the study of complex cognitive activity

Instructional Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 235-268

  Goldman, Susan R ^a   Zech, Linda K ^a   Biswas, Gautam ^a   Noser, Tom ^a   Bateman, Helen ^a   Bransford, John ^a   Crews, Thaddeus ^a   Moore, Allison ^a   Nathan, Mitchell ^a   Owens, Stephen ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex problem solving; Computers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033469405     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00897321     Document Type: Article

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