The effects of inspecting and constructing part-task-specific visualizations on team and individual learning

Computers and Education

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 221-233

  Slof, Bert ^a   Erkens, Gijsbert ^b   Kirschner, Paul A ^c   Helms Lorenz, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complex learning; Computer supported collaborative learning; Inspecting and constructing visualizations; Instructional support; Problem representations

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX LEARNING; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; DOMAIN SPECIFIC; INDIVIDUAL LEARNING; INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT; MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS; PROBLEM REPRESENTATION;

INSPECTION;

VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84866495951     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2012.07.019     Document Type: Article

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