Information comparisons in example-based hypermedia environments: Supporting learners with processing prompts and an interactive comparison tool

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-92

  Gerjets, Peter ^a   Scheiter, Katharina ^b   Schuh, Julia ^c  

^a KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Virtual PhD Program: Knowledge Acquisition and Knowledge Exchange with New Media   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparison processes; Example elaboration; Hypermedia learning; Instructional design; Processing prompts; Schema acquisition; Task analysis; Worked examples

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649004120     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-007-9068-z     Document Type: Article

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