Inventing a solution and studying a worked solution prepare differently for learning from direct instruction

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 39, Issue , 2015, Pages 72-87

  Glogger Frey, Inga ^a   Fleischer, Corinna ^a   Grüny, Lisa ^a   Kappich, Julian ^a   Renkl, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Invention activities; Physics education; Preparation for learning; Teacher education; Worked examples

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930947589     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2015.05.001     Document Type: Article

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