Does the modality principle hold for different media? A test of the method-affects-learning hypothesis

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 149-158

  Moreno, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Media; Method; Modality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745311157     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2006.00170.x     Document Type: Review

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