Redundancy and expertise reversal effects when using educational technology to learn primary school science

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-13

  Leslie, Kimberley Crompton ^a   Low, Renae ^a   Jin, Putai ^a   Sweller, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive load theory; Expertise reversal effect; Modality effect; Multimedia; Redundancy effect; Science instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856213163     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-011-9199-0     Document Type: Article

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