Finding and fixing errors in worked examples: Can this foster learning outcomes?

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 612-634

  Große, Cornelia S ^a   Renkl, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Learning from errors; Self explanations; Worked examples

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448969715     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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