The influence of presentation, organization, and example context on text learning

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 289-306

  McCrudden, Matthew ^a   Schraw, Gregory ^a   Hartley, Kendall ^a   Kenneth, A Kiewra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Extraneous cognitive load; Intrinsic cognitive load; Text learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344669432     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: 19400683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JEXE.72.4.289-306     Document Type: Article

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