Supporting problem-solving performance in a hypermedia learning environment: The role of students' prior knowledge and metacognitive skills

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1162-1169

  Bulu, Saniye Tugba ^a   Pedersen, Susan ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypermedia; Metacognition; Prior knowledge; Problem solving; Scaffolding

Indexed keywords

DOMAIN SPECIFIC; HYPERMEDIA; HYPERMEDIA LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; METACOGNITION; METACOGNITIVE SKILLS; METACOGNITIVES; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; PROBLEM REPRESENTATION; PROBLEM-SOLVING PERFORMANCE; SCAFFOLDING;

HYPERMEDIA SYSTEMS; SCAFFOLDS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84860309776     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.01.026     Document Type: Article

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