Effects of example choice on interest, control, and learning

Journal of the Learning Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 509-548

  Reber, Rolf ^a   Hetland, Hilde ^a   Chen, Weiqin ^a   Norman, Elisabeth ^a,b   Kobbeltvedt, Therese ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

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EID: 77951230871     PISSN: 10508406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508400903191896     Document Type: Article

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