Knowledge elaboration: A cognitive load perspective

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 402-410

  Kalyuga, Slava ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive learning environments; Cognitive load theory; Executive guidance; Metacognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 67449095162     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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