Observing tutorial dialogues collaboratively: Insights about human tutoring effectiveness from vicarious learning

Cognitive Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 301-341

  Chi, Michelene T H ^a   Roy, Marguerite ^b   Hausmann, Robert G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Human tutorial dialogue; Learning from collaborating; Learning from observing; Learning from tutoring; Physics; Problem solving; Tutoring; Vicarious learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 41449089865     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03640210701863396     Document Type: Article

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