Investigating the effects of varying labels as scaffolds for visitor learning

10th International Conference of the Learning Sciences: The Future of Learning, ICLS 2012 - Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 180-187

  Wang, Joyce ^a   Yoon, Susan ^a   Elinich, Karen ^b   Van Schooneveld, Jacqueline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b The Franklin Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE GAINS; COGNITIVE LEARNING; DIGITAL AUGMENTATION; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; TREATMENT GROUP;

SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84878734481     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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