Impact of reducing intrinsic cognitive load on learning in a mathematical domain

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 287-298

  Ayres, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING THEORY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 33646395954     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1245     Document Type: Article

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