Examples and tutored problems: How can self-explanation make a difference to learning?

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 7926 LNAI, Issue , 2013, Pages 339-348

  Shareghi Najar, Amir ^a   Mitrovic, Antonija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Intelligent tutors; Problem solving; Self explanation; Worked examples

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COGNITIVE LOADS; COMPLEX QUESTIONS; CONCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE; INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEM (ITSS); INTELLIGENT TUTORS; PROCEDURAL KNOWLEDGE; SELF EXPLANATIONS; WORKED EXAMPLES;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84880006644     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-39112-5_35     Document Type: Conference Paper

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