Conceptualisation of Learning through Errors at Work: A Literature Review

Emerging Perspectives of Workplace Learning

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 115-130

  Bauer, Johannes ^a   Mulder, Regina H ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 85018857045     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1163/9789087906450_009     Document Type: Chapter

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