Advancing young adolescents' hypothesis-development performance in a computer-supported and problem-based learning environment

Computers and Education

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1780-1789

  Kim, Hye Jeong ^a   Pedersen, Susan ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interactive learning environments; Multimedia hypermedia systems; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE ACTIVITIES; ILL-STRUCTURED PROBLEM SOLVING; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; METACOGNITIVES; MULTIMEDIA/HYPERMEDIA SYSTEMS; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROBLEM-SOLVING PERFORMANCE; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGIES;

SCAFFOLDS; USER INTERFACES;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 79955735069     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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