Four-component instructional design (4C/ID) model: a meta-analysis on use and effect

Learning Environments Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2022, Pages 445-463

  Costa, Joana Martinho ^a   Miranda, Guilhermina Lobato ^b   Melo, Mário ^b  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE EDUCAÇÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

4C ID model; Complex skills; Instructional design; Meta analysis; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85107790800     PISSN: 13871579     EISSN: 15731855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10984-021-09373-y     Document Type: Article

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