Process support in learning tasks for acquiring complex cognitive skills in the domain of law

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 266-278

  Nadolski, Rob J ^a   Kirschner, Paul A ^a   van Merriënboer, Jeroen J G ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Practicals; Problem solving; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646565986     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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