The effects of constructivist learning environments: A commentary

Instructional Science

Volumn 36, Issue 5-6 EFFECTS OF CONSTR, 2008, Pages 463-467

  Rikers, Remy M J P ^a   Van Gog, Tamara ^b   Paas, Fred ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Learning environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749116510     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-008-9067-4     Document Type: Article

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