The expertise reversal effect in prompting focused processing of instructional explanations

Instructional Science

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 635-656

  Roelle, Julian ^a   Berthold, Kirsten ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive load theory; Expertise reversal effect; Focused processing; Instructional explanations; Prompting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879227380     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-012-9247-0     Document Type: Article

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