Effects of prior knowledge and concept-map structure on disorientation, cognitive load, and learning

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 376-386

  Amadieu, Franck ^a   van Gog, Tamara ^b   Paas, Fred ^b,c   Tricot, André ^a   Mariné, Claudette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Concept map; Expertise reversal effect; Non linear document; Prior knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 67449087963     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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