Self-explanation prompts on problem-solving performance in an interactive learning environment

Journal of Interactive Online Learning

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 96-112

  Kwon, Kyungbin ^a   Kumalasari, Christiana D ^a   Howland, Jane L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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