Learning from Erroneous Examples: When and How do Students Benefit from them?

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Learning from Erroneous Examples: When and How do Students Benefit from them? / Tsovaltzi, Dimitra; Melis, Erica; McLaren, Bruce et al.
Proceedings of the 5th European conference on Technology enhanced learning conference on Sustaining TEL: from innovation to learning and practice. ed. / Martin Wolpers; Paul A. Kirschner; Maren Scheffel; Stefanie Lindstaedt; Vania Dimitrova. Heidelberg, Berlin: Springer, 2010. p. 357-373 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 6383 LNCS).

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Harvard

Tsovaltzi, D, Melis, E, McLaren, B, Meyer, A-K, Dietrich, M & Goguadze, G 2010, Learning from Erroneous Examples: When and How do Students Benefit from them? in M Wolpers, PA Kirschner, M Scheffel, S Lindstaedt & V Dimitrova (eds), Proceedings of the 5th European conference on Technology enhanced learning conference on Sustaining TEL: from innovation to learning and practice. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 6383 LNCS, Springer, Heidelberg, Berlin, pp. 357-373, 5th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning - EC-TEL 2010, Barcelona, Spain, 28.09.10. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16020-2_24

APA

Tsovaltzi, D., Melis, E., McLaren, B., Meyer, A.-K., Dietrich, M., & Goguadze, G. (2010). Learning from Erroneous Examples: When and How do Students Benefit from them? In M. Wolpers, P. A. Kirschner, M. Scheffel, S. Lindstaedt, & V. Dimitrova (Eds.), Proceedings of the 5th European conference on Technology enhanced learning conference on Sustaining TEL: from innovation to learning and practice (pp. 357-373). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 6383 LNCS). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16020-2_24

Vancouver

Tsovaltzi D, Melis E, McLaren B, Meyer AK, Dietrich M, Goguadze G. Learning from Erroneous Examples: When and How do Students Benefit from them? In Wolpers M, Kirschner PA, Scheffel M, Lindstaedt S, Dimitrova V, editors, Proceedings of the 5th European conference on Technology enhanced learning conference on Sustaining TEL: from innovation to learning and practice. Heidelberg, Berlin: Springer. 2010. p. 357-373. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-16020-2_24

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