Attention cueing as a means to enhance learning from an animation

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 731-746

  de Koning, Björn ^a   Tabbers, Huib K ^a   Rikers, Remy M J P ^a   Paas, Fred ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING STYLE; MALE; MENTAL LOAD; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 34848870839     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1346     Document Type: Article

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