Learner achievement and attitudes under different paces of transitioning to independent problem solving

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-56

  Reisslein, Jana ^a   Sullivan, Howard ^b   Reisslein, Martin ^c  

^a INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fading; Prior knowledge; Worked example

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE PARTICIPANTS; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; WORKED EXAMPLE;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 34247200097     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2007.tb00914.x     Document Type: Article

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