Multimedia learning: Working memory and the learning of word and picture diagrams

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 526-537

  Dutke, Stephan ^a   Rinck, Mike ^b  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comprehension of text and graphics; Multimedia learning; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849187092     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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