Prior knowledge in learning from a non-linear electronic document: Disorientation and coherence of the reading sequences

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 381-388

  Amadieu, Franck ^a   Tricot, André ^a   Mariné, Claudette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Coherence; Disorientation; Learning; Non linear document; Prior knowledge

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; COMPUTER VIRUSES; PROGRAMMING THEORY; WORD PROCESSING;

COGNITIVE LOAD; COHERENCE; DISORIENTATION; LEARNING; NON-LINEAR DOCUMENT; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE;

EDUCATION;

EID: 59049089220     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2008.12.017     Document Type: Article

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