The role of self-explanation in learning to use a spreadsheet through examples

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 316-325

  Reimann, Peter ^a   Neubert, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Application software; Discovery learning; Examples; Human Computer interaction; Self explanation; Spreadsheets; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034339012     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2729.2000.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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