The effect of scaffolding students' context-generating cognitive activity in technology-enhanced case-based learning

Computers and Education

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 939-954

  Demetriadis, Stavros N ^a   Papadopoulos, Pantelis M ^a   Stamelos, Ioannis G ^a   Fischer, Frank ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interactive learning environments; Multimedia hypermedia systems; Pedagogical issues; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; E-LEARNING; HYPERMEDIA SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LEARNING STRATEGIES; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; TEACHING STRATEGIES;

CASE BASED REASONING;

EID: 43849113098     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2007.09.012     Document Type: Article

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