Solving the Tower of Hanoi: Does mode of presentation matter?

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 579-592

  Noyes, Jan M ^a   Garland, Kate J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer based tasks; Mental representation; Problem solving; Tower of Hanoi; Verbal protocols

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; COSTS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COMPUTER-BASED TASKS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0038347223     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0747-5632(03)00002-5     Document Type: Article

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