Knowledge representation, content specification, and the development of skill in situation-specific knowledge assembly: Some constructivist issues as they relate to cognitive flexibility theory and hypertext

Constructivism and the Technology of Instruction: A Conversation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 121-128

  Spiro, Rand J ^a   Feltovich, Paul J ^b   Jacobson, Michael J ^a   Coulson, Richard L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 85066980163     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203461976     Document Type: Chapter

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