Effects of performance feedback valence on perceptions of invested mental effort

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 51, Issue , 2017, Pages 36-46

  Raaijmakers, Steven F ^a,b   Baars, Martine ^b   Schaap, Lydia ^b,c   Paas, Fred ^b,d   van Gog, Tamara ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c AVANS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive load measurement; Feedback valence; Mental effort; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008196955     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2016.12.002     Document Type: Article

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