Accommodating field-dependence: A cross-over study

SIGCSE Bulletin (Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education)

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 72-76

  Parkinson, Adrian ^a   Redmond, James A ^a   Walsh, Cathal ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cognitive Styles; Cross over design; Experimentation; Field dependent; Field independent; GEFT; Human Factors; Interface Design; Learning Performance; Measurement; Performance

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE STYLES; CROSS-OVER DESIGN; EXPERIMENTATION; FIELD-DEPENDENT; FIELD-INDEPENDENT; GEFT; HUMAN FACTORS; INTERFACE DESIGN; LEARNING PERFORMANCE;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); LEARNING SYSTEMS; MEASUREMENTS; PERFORMANCE; STUDENTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 33646831800     PISSN: 00978418     EISSN: 00978418     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1026487.1008018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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