The influence of learner-generated domain representations on learning combinatorics and probability theory

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Kolloffel, Bas ^a   Eysink, Tessa H S ^a   de Jong, Ton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

External representations; Inquiry learning; Mathematics; Representational tools; Simulations

Indexed keywords

EXTERNAL REPRESENTATIONS; INQUIRY LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; REPRESENTATIONAL TOOLS; SIMULATIONS;

ACCESS CONTROL; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 70350712143     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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