Computer game-based mathematics education: Embedded faded worked examples facilitate knowledge acquisition

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 50, Issue , 2017, Pages 44-53

  ter Vrugte, Judith ^a   de Jong, Ton ^a   Vandercruysse, Sylke ^b   Wouters, Pieter ^c   van Oostendorp, Herre ^c   Elen, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer game based learning; Instructional support; Math instruction; Prevocational education; Self explanation; Worked examples

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007173715     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2016.11.007     Document Type: Article

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