The management of cognitive load during complex cognitive skill acquisition by means of computer-simulated problem solving

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-85

  Kester, Liesbeth ^a   Kirschner, Paul A ^a   Van Merriënboer, Jeroen J G ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LEARNING; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADOLESCENT; COGNITION; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LEARNING; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 16244412307     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709904X19254     Document Type: Article

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