Learner control, cognitive load and instructional animation

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 713-729

  Hasler, Béatrice Susanne ^a   Kersten, Bernd ^b   Sweller, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COGNITION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING STYLE; MACHINE LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL LOAD; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEACHING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 34848817054     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1345     Document Type: Article

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