Analogies, explanations, and practice: Examining how task types affect second language grammar learning

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 6094 LNCS, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages 214-223

  Wylie, Ruth ^a   Koedinger, Kenneth ^a   Mitamura, Teruko ^a  

^a Carnegie Mellon University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Analogical comparisons; Intelligent tutoring systems; Second language learning; Self explanation

Indexed keywords

ANALOGICAL COMPARISONS; DEEP PROCESSING; ENGLISH LANGUAGES; INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY; INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEMS; LEARNING EFFICIENCY; NON-NATIVE LANGUAGE; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; SCIENCE LEARNING; SECOND LANGUAGE; SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING; SELF-EXPLANATION; TASK TYPE;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; TEACHING;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 79957474348     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-13388-6_26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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