Questioning as an instructional method: Does it affect learning from lectures?

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 747-759

  Campbell, Julie ^a   Mayer, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT; TEACHER;

EID: 70350256005     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1513     Document Type: Article

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