Instructional Aids to Support a Conceptual Understanding of Multiple Representations

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-87

  Berthold, Kirsten ^a   Renkl, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

integration; learning mathematics; multiple representations; self explanations

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849097835     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013247     Document Type: Article

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