The Expertise Reversal Effect is a Variant of the More General Element Interactivity Effect

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 393-405

  Chen, Ouhao ^a   Kalyuga, Slava ^a   Sweller, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive load theory; Element interactivity; Expertise; Generation effect; Worked example effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955601982     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: 1573336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10648-016-9359-1     Document Type: Review

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