Integrating information: A meta-analysis of the spatial contiguity and temporal contiguity effects

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 511-525

  Ginns, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Meta analysis; Spatial contiguity; Temporal contiguity

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849187840     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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