A longitudinal study of the effects of ecological interface design on skill acquisition

Human Factors

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 523-541

  Christoffersen, Klaus ^a,b   Hunter, Christopher N ^a,c   Vicente, Kim J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL INTERFACE DESIGN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; SKILL ACQUISITION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PROCESS CONTROL; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERFORMANCE; SKILL;

EID: 0030248732     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872096778701917     Document Type: Article

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