Does tracing worked examples enhance geometry learning?

Australian Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages 45-49

  Hu, Fang Tzu ^a   Ginns, Paul ^a   Bobis, Janette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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