Structural Learning Theory: Current status and new perspectives

Instructional Science

Volumn 29, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 311-336

  Scandura, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Constructivism; Instructional design; Instructional technology; Instructional theory; Structural learning theory; Task analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035618906     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011995825726     Document Type: Article

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