Multimedia learning in social sciences: Limitations of external graphical representations

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 555-573

  Westelinck, Katrien De ^a   Valcke, Martin ^a   De Craene, Brigitte ^b   Kirschner, Paul ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DESIGN; EDUCATION; GRAPH THEORY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

COGNITIVE THEORY OF MULTIMEDIA LEARNING (CTML); EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES; ELECTRONIC LEARNING MATERIALS; GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION;

MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

EID: 13244251276     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2004.10.030     Document Type: Article

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