High Versus Low Contextual Interference in Simulation-Based Training of Troubleshooting Skills: Effects on Transfer Performance and Invested Mental Effort

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 249-267

  De Croock, Marcel B M ^a   Van Merriënboer, Jeroen J G ^a   Paas, Fred G W C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Contextual interference; Invested mental effort; Transfer performance; Trouble shooting

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

HIGH CONTEXTUAL INTERFERENCE (HCI) CONDITION; LOW CONTEXTUAL INTERFERENCE (LCI) CONDITION; TROUBLESHOOTING SKILLS;

PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

EID: 0347877325     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0747-5632(98)00005-3     Document Type: Article

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