Externalization vs. internalization: The influence on problem solving performance

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 311-315

  Van Nimwegen, Christof ^a   Van Oostendorp, Herre ^a   Schijf, Hermina J M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; INTERFACE-FEEDBACK; ISOMORPH; WORKING MEMORY (WM);

ERROR ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; SPREADSHEETS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 13244299282     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICALT.2004.1357426     Document Type: Conference Paper

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