Previews in hypertexts: Effects on navigation and knowledge acquisition

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 517-527

  Cress, U ^a   Knabel, O B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advance organiser; Browsing; Hypertext; Previews; Searching; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842534146     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0266-4909.2003.00054.x     Document Type: Article

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