Information modalities for procedural instructions: The influence of text, pictures, and film clips on learning and executing RSI exercises

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-62

  van Hooijdonk, Charlotte ^a   Krahmer, Emiel ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Document design; Information modality; Procedural learning

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; TEXT PROCESSING;

DOCUMENT DESIGN; INFORMATION MODALITY; PROCEDURAL LEARNING; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY;

INFORMATION THEORY;

EID: 41649097177     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2007.2000054     Document Type: Article

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