Why instructional explanations often do not work: A framework for understanding the effectiveness of instructional explanations

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-64

  Wittwer, Jörg ^a,b   Renkl, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION   (Germany)

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EID: 41349094398     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00461520701756420     Document Type: Article

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