Supporting learning from illustrated texts: Conceptualizing and evaluating a learning strategy

Instructional Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 921-937

  Schlag, Sabine ^a   Ploetzner, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Learning; Learning strategy; Text picture combinations

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054015906     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-010-9160-3     Document Type: Article

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