Learning user interfaces by exploration

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 91, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 325-344

  De Mul, Sjaak ^a   Van Oostendorp, Herre ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exploratory learning; User interface design

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037706387     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0001-6918(95)00060-7     Document Type: Article

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