Unraveling the influence of domain knowledge during simulation-based inquiry learning

Instructional Science

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 437-451

  Lazonder, Ard W ^a   Wilhelm, Pascal ^b   van Lieburg, Emiel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b SAXION UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer simulations; Deduction; Induction; Inquiry learning; Prior knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449114752     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-008-9055-8     Document Type: Article

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