Visuospatial working memory in learning from multimedia systems

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 166-176

  Gyselinck, Valérie ^a   Ehrlich, M F ^b   Cornoldi, C ^b   De Beni, R ^b   Dubois, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Control group; Multimedia; Physics; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034342214     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2729.2000.00128.x     Document Type: Article

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