Dynamic task selection: Effects of feedback and learner control on efficiency and motivation

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 455-465

  Corbalan, Gemma ^a   Kester, Liesbeth ^a   J G van Merriënboer, Jeroen ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Feedback; Learner control; Structural features; Transfer efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349320582     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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