Timing of information presentation in learning statistics

Instructional Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 233-252

  Kester, Liesbeth ^a   Kirschner, Paul A ^a   Van Merriënboer, Jeroen J G ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive Load Theory; Complex skills; Information presentation; Instructional design; Schema acquisition; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843106848     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TRUC.0000024191.27560.e3     Document Type: Article

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