How Novices Use Expert Case Libraries for Problem Solving

Technology, Knowledge and Learning

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 23-40

  Tawfik, Andrew A ^a   Gill, Anila ^b   Hogan, Maureen ^b   S York, Cindy ^b   Keene, Charles Wayne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Case libraries; Case based reasoning; Contrasting cases; Decision making; Expert novice comparison

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LIBRARIES;

CASE LIBRARY; COGNITIVE PROCESS; EXPERT NOVICE COMPARISON; LEARNING OUTCOME; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS;

CASE BASED REASONING;

EID: 85023762160     PISSN: 22111662     EISSN: 22111670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10758-017-9324-1     Document Type: Article

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