Guiding students' online complex learning-task behavior through representational scripting

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 927-939

  Slof, B ^a   Erkens, G ^a   Kirschner, P A ^b   Jaspers, J G M ^a   Janssen, J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complex learning tasks; Computer Supported Collaborative Learning; External representations; Representational scripting; Student interaction

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCE; COMPLEX LEARNING; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTERNAL REPRESENTATIONS; KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS; MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS; STUDENT INTERACTIONS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ECONOMICS; INTEROPERABILITY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77955054749     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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