Are Inductive Teaching Methods Compatible with Cognitive Load Theory?

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2023, Pages

  Gorbunova, Anna ^a   van Merrienboer, Jeroen J G ^b   Costley, Jamie ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

4C ID; Deductive teaching; Expository instruction; Inductive teaching; Inquisitory instruction; Problem based learning; Problem solving; Productive failure

Indexed keywords

EID: 85177651479     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: 1573336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10648-023-09828-z     Document Type: Article

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