Acquisition of troubleshooting skills in a computer simulation: Worked example vs. conventional problem solving instructional strategies

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1809-1819

  Darabi, A Aubteen ^a   Nelson, David W ^a   Palanki, Srinivas ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer based training; Practice; Problem solving; Simulation based training; Troubleshooting; Worked examples

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PLANTS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COMPUTER BASED TRAINING; SIMULATION BASED TRAINING; TROUBLESHOOTING; WORKED EXAMPLES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 33846607347     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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