The worked-example effect using ill-defined problems: Learning to recognise designers' styles

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-199

  Rourke, Arianne ^a   Sweller, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive load theory; Ill defined problems; Problem solving; Teaching design history; Visual literacy; Worked examples

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649088704     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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