Information commitments: Evaluative standards and information searching strategies in web-based learning environments

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 374-385

  Wu, Ying Tien ^a,b   Tsai, Chin Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Evaluative standards; Information commitments; Information searching strategy; LISREL analysis; Questionnaire; Web based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444609115     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2005.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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