Effects of multimedia and schema induced analogical reasoning on science learning

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 474-482

  Zheng, R Z ^a   Yang, W ^b   Garcia, D ^c   McCadden, E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c John Barclay Elementary School   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogical reasoning; Multimedia; Schema; Science learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149104407     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2008.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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