The efficiency of multimedia learning into old age

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 489-505

  Van Gerven, Pascal W M ^a,c   Paas, Fred ^b   Van Merriënboer, Jeroen J G ^b   Hendriks, Maaike ^b   Schmidt, Henk G ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0346361845     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709903322591208     Document Type: Article

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