Instructional design consequences of an analogy between evolution by natural selection and human cognitive architecture

Instructional Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 9-31

  Sweller, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 3843137289     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:truc.0000021808.72598.4d     Document Type: Conference Paper

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