Taking the load off a learner's mind: Instructional design for complex learning

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-13

  Van Merriënboer, Jeroen J G ^a   Kirschner, Paul A ^a   Kester, Liesbeth ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0037412645     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326985EP3801_2     Document Type: Review

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