Scaffolding cognitive and metacognitive processes in low verbal ability learners: Use of diagrams in computer-based training environments

Instructional Science

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 433-464

  Cuevas, Haydee M ^a   Fiore, Stephen M ^a   Oser, Randall L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer based training; Diagrams; Individual differences; Instructional efficiency; Learning; Mental models; Metacognition; Verbal ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036395274     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020516301541     Document Type: Article

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