Case studies as minimalist information

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 297-310

  Carroll, John M ^a,b   Rosson, Mary Beth ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case studies; Case based learning; Minimalist information design; Usability engineering

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CASE STUDIES; CASE-BASED LEARNING; MINIMALIST INFORMATION DESIGN;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33947144351     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2006.885836     Document Type: Article

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