Reflecting on the think-aloud method for evaluating e-learning

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-54

  Cotton, Deborah ^b   Gresty, Karen ^a  

^a School of Biological Sciences

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DATA ACQUISITION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS;

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; E-LEARNING; EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE; THINK-ALOUD METHOD;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33644981060     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2005.00521.x     Document Type: Article

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