A longitudinal perspective on inductive reasoning tasks. Illuminating the probability of change

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 538-549

  Ifenthaler, Dirk ^a   Seel, Norbert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive structure; Inductive reasoning; Mental model; Problem solving; Schema

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955638802     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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