Effects of high and low prior knowledge on construction of a joint problem space

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-56

  Hmelo, Cindy E ^a   Nagarajan, Anandi ^a   Day, Roger S ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Prior knowledge; Sociocultural theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034257492     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220970009600648     Document Type: Article

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