Optimising worked example instruction: Different ways to increase germane cognitive load

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 16, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 87-91

  Paas, Fred ^a,b   van Gog, Tamara ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33646072767     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2006.02.004     Document Type: Editorial

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