Teaching causal reasoning through cognitive apprenticeship: What are results from situated learning?

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 302-311

  Hendricks, Cher C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive apprenticeship; Situated cognition; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039254097     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220670109598766     Document Type: Article

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