Learning from video modeling examples: Content kept equal, adults are more effective models than peers

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 44, Issue , 2016, Pages 22-30

  Hoogerheide, Vincent ^a,b   van Wermeskerken, Margot ^b   Loyens, Sofie M M ^a,c   van Gog, Tamara ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c University College Roosevelt   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Example based learning; Expertise; Instructional video; Model observer similarity; Observational learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959365880     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2016.02.004     Document Type: Article

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