The Expertise Reversal Effect: Cognitive Load and Motivational Explanations

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-48

  Rey, Günter Daniel ^a   Buchwald, Florian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Cognitive load theory; Expertise reversal effect; Motivation; Redundancy effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEACHING;

ADULT; COGNITION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING;

EID: 79953679546     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022243     Document Type: Article

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