Usability and learning: Evaluating the potential of educational software

Computers and Education

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-22

  Squires, David ^a   Preece, Jenny ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001977697     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-1315(96)00010-3     Document Type: Article

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