Using a diagnosis-based approach to individualize instructional explanations in computer-mediated communication

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-23

  Wittwer, Jörg ^a,b   Nückles, Matthias ^a   Renkl, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Instructional communication; Question asking

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949540449     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: 1573336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10648-010-9118-7     Document Type: Article

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