Facilitating flexible problem solving: A cognitive load perspective

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-186

  Kalyuga, Slava ^a   Renkl, Alexander ^b   Paas, Fred ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Flexible problem solving; Generalized knowledge structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952551702     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: 1573336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10648-010-9132-9     Document Type: Review

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