Strategy selection for cognitive skill acquisition depends on task demands and working memory capacity

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 590-595

  Hinze, Scott R ^a   Bunting, Michael F ^b   Pellegrino, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive skill acquisition; Procedural learning; Strategy use; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350029651     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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