Fostering constructive cognitive and metacognitive activity in computer-based complex task training environments

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-241

  Cuevas, Haydee M ^a   Fiore, Stephen M ^a   Bowers, Clint A ^a   Salas, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Card sorts; Computer based training; Diagrams; Individual differences; Knowledge acquisition; Mental models; Metacognition

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); ITERATIVE METHODS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

CARD SORTS; COMPUTER-BASED TRAINING; DIAGRAMS; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; MENTAL MODELS; METACOGNITION;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 1142279654     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2003.10.016     Document Type: Article

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