Working memory capacity and reading skill moderate the effectiveness of strategy training in learning from hypertext

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-213

  Naumann, Johannes ^a   Richter, Tobias ^a   Christmann, Ursula ^b   Groeben, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypertext; Learning strategies; Log files; Reading skill; Strategy training; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 42249088232     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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