Solving Problems on Your Own: How Do Exercises in Tutorials Interact With Software Learners' Level of Goal-Orientedness?

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-53

  Glasbeek, Hester ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exercises; Learning; Minimalism; Software tutorials

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PERSONNEL TESTING; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

LEARNING; MINIMALISM; PROBLEM SOLVING EXERCISES; SOFTWARE TUTORIALS;

EDUCATION;

EID: 1642633693     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2004.824285     Document Type: Article

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