Benefits of guided self-management of attention on learning accounting

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 220-232

  Sithole, Seedwell T M ^a   Chandler, Paul ^a   Abeysekera, Indra ^b   Paas, Fred ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accounting; Cognitive load theory; Guided self management; Learning; Split attention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964562267     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: 19392176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/edu0000127     Document Type: Article

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