The effects of graphical overviews on knowledge acquisition in hypertext

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 219-231

  De Jong, Ton ^a   Van der Hulst, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Control group; Hypermedia; Motivation; Navigation; Self directed; Undergraduate; Visual representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044533588     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0266-4909.2002.00229.x     Document Type: Review

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