Testing the instructional fit hypothesis: The case of self-explanation prompts

Instructional Science

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 645-666

  Nokes, Timothy J ^a   Hausmann, Robert G M ^b   VanLehn, Kurt ^c   Gershman, Sophia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Carnegie Learning Inc   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Watchung Hills Regional High School   (United States)

Author keywords

Intelligent tutoring systems; Prompting; Self explanation; Worked examples

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961173309     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-010-9151-4     Document Type: Article

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