Principles for task-centered instruction

Instructional-Design Theories and Models: The Learner-Centered Paradigm of Education

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages 65-91

  Francom, Gregory M ^a  

^a NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85026613601     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315795478     Document Type: Chapter

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