Sequential effects of high and low instructional guidance on children's acquisition of experimentation skills: Is it all in the timing?

Instructional Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 621-634

  Matlen, Bryan J ^a   Klahr, David ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimentation skills; Inquiry; Instruction; Learning; Science Education; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874958873     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-012-9248-z     Document Type: Article

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