Chunking models of expertise: Implications for education

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 183-204

  Gobet, Fernand ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SKILL; TEACHING; THEORY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 15444369335     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1110     Document Type: Review

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