Effects of the metacognitive computer-tool met.a.ware on the web search of laypersons

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 716-737

  Stadtler, Marc ^a   Bromme, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; CONTROL THEORY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ONTOLOGY;

BLANK TEXT WINDOWS; METACOGNITIVE COMPUTER TOOLS; ONTOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION;

ONLINE SEARCHING;

EID: 39749181721     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2007.01.023     Document Type: Article

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