The value of writing-to-learn when using question prompts to support web-based learning in ill-structured domains

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-90

  Papadopoulos, Pantelis M ^a   Demetriadis, Stavros N ^a   Stamelos, Ioannis G ^a   Tsoukalas, Ioannis A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Case based learning; Ill structured domains; Question prompts; Technology enhanced learning environments; Writing to learn

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551689439     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-010-9167-0     Document Type: Article

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