Investigation of the use of navigation tools in web-based learning: A data mining approach

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-67

  Minetou, Christine G ^a   Chen, Sherry Y ^a   Liu, Xiaohui ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; LEARNING PERFORMANCE; NAVIGATION BEHAVIOR; NAVIGATION TOOLS; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; WEB BASED LEARNING; WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; DATA MINING; E-LEARNING; TOOLS;

NAVIGATION;

EID: 41549107603     PISSN: 10447318     EISSN: 15327590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10447310701771480     Document Type: Article

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