The effects of metaphors on novice and expert learners' performance and mental-model development

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 770-792

  Hsu, Yu chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hypertext system; Knowledge structure; Learning; Mental model; Metaphor; Novice versus expert

Indexed keywords

EXPERT SYSTEMS; HYPERTEXT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

INTEGRATIVE KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURE; LEARNING; MENTAL MODEL; METAPHORS; NOVICE VERSUS EXPERT;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 33745151504     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2005.10.008     Document Type: Article

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