Interaction between the learners' initial grasp of the object of learning and the learning resource afforded

Instructional Science

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1065-1082

  Pang, Ming Fai ^a   Marton, Ference ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Learning study; Phenomenography; Variation theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886716762     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-013-9272-7     Document Type: Article

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