Learner-controlled selection of tasks with different surface and structural features: Effects on transfer and efficiency

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-81

  Corbalan, Gemma ^a   Kester, Liesbeth ^b   Van Merriënboer, Jeroen J G ^c  

^a Netherlands Institute for Curriculum Development   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Learner control; Program control; Structural task features; Surface task features

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; COGNITIVE LOADS; FACTORIAL EXPERIMENT; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; LEARNER CONTROL; LEARNING TRANSFER; MENTAL EFFORT; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PROGRAM CONTROL; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; STRUCTURAL TASK FEATURES; SURFACE FEATURE; TEST PERFORMANCE;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 78449278386     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.05.026     Document Type: Article

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