The influence of framing on transfer: Initial evidence from a tutoring experiment

Instructional Science

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 603-628

  Engle, Randi A ^a   Nguyen, Phi D ^a   Mendelson, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Framing; Human tutoring; Self explaining; Social interactions and learning; Transfer of learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961166243     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-010-9145-2     Document Type: Article

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