Exploring the deep-level reasoning questions effect during vicarious learning among eighth to eleventh graders in the domains of computer literacy and Newtonian physics

Instructional Science

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 487-493

  Gholson, Barry ^a   Witherspoon, Amy ^a   Morgan, Brent ^a   Brittingham, Joshua K ^a   Coles, Robert ^a   Graesser, Arthur C ^a   Sullins, Jeremiah ^a   Craig, Scotty D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer literacy; Deep level reasoning questions; Physics; Questions and learning; Randomized classroom research; Vicarious learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449083794     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-008-9069-2     Document Type: Article

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