Differences between successful and less successful students while working with the CONTACT-2 strategy

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 11, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 265-282

  Biemans, Harm J A ^a   Deel, Oscar R ^b   Simons, P Robert Jan ^b  

^a Educ Devmt and Research Department   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer assisted instructional strategies; Conceptual change; Prior knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041817865     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4752(00)00033-5     Document Type: Article

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