Offering and discovering domain information in simulation-based inquiry learning

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 511-520

  Lazonder, Ard W ^a   Hagemans, Mieke G ^a   de Jong, Ton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer simulations; Inquiry learning; Prior knowledge; Scientific reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955980814     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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