Cognitive skill acquisition

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue , 1996, Pages 513-539

  VanLehn, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Cognitive skill acquisition; Practice effects; Problem solving; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0642283662     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.47.1.513     Document Type: Article

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