Skilled performance on software AS a function of domain expertise and program organization

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 85, Issue 3 PART II, 1997, Pages 1471-1480

  Barfield, Woodrow ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RECALL;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0031296926     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.85.3f.1471     Document Type: Article

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