The role of computer tools in experts' solving ill-structured problems

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 664-704

  Wijekumar, Kausalai Kay ^a   Jonassen, David H ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University Beaver ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive science; Computers and media; Conceptual knowledge; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COGNITIVE SCIENCE; COMPUTERS AND MEDIA; CONCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 33748766871     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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