Effects of worked examples in a primary school mathematics curriculum

Interactive Learning Environments

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-99

  van Loon Hillen, Nelleke ^a   van Gog, Tamara ^a,b   Brand Gruwel, Saskia ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cognitive load; mathematics; primary education; problem solving; worked examples

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858602777     PISSN: 10494820     EISSN: 17445191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10494821003755510     Document Type: Article

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