Structuring Information Interfaces for Procedural Learning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 88-100

  Zacks, Jeffrey M ^a   Tversky, Barbara ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; TEACHING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0041829168     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.9.2.88     Document Type: Article

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