Observational learning from animated models: Effects of studying-practicing alternation and illusion of control on transfer

Instructional Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-104

  Wouters, Pieter ^a   Paas, Fred ^b,c   van Merriënboer, Jeroen J G ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animations; Cognitive load theory; Modeling; Perceived control

Indexed keywords

EID: 74849126089     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-008-9079-0     Document Type: Article

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