Determinants of discovery learning in a complex simulation learning environment

Cognition, Education, and Communication Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 257-284

  De Jong, Ton ^a   Beishuizen, Jos ^b   Hulshof, Casper ^a   Prins, Frans ^b   Van Rijn, Hedderik ^c   Van Someren, Maarten ^c   Veenman, Marcel ^b   Wilhelm, Pascal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84920846385     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410612892     Document Type: Chapter

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