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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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van Merrienboer, Jeroen J. G.; Salden, Ron; Corbalan, Gemma; de Croock, Marcel; Kester, Liesbeth; Paas, Fred – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
Several empirical studies are discussed which indicate that adapting the level of support, the difficulty of the learning task, or support as well as difficulty has beneficial effects on learning and transfer test performance. Three conclusions can be drawn from the presented studies. First, both the level of available support and the difficulty…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Integrated Curriculum, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Instructional Design