Productive failure in learning math

Cognitive Science

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1008-1022

  Kapur, Manu ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Learning; Mathematics education; Problem solving; Productive failure; Vicarious failure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84903816364     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12107     Document Type: Article

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