The effects of understanding rules and a worked example on the acquisition of procedural knowledge and task performance

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 177-203

  Wynder, Monte B ^a   Luckett, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Instruction; Learning; Procedural knowledge; Worked example

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949088335     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-629X.00023     Document Type: Article

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