Cognitive load and science text comprehension: Effects of drawing and mentally imagining text content

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 284-289

  Leutner, Detlev ^a   Leopold, Claudia ^a   Sumfleth, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Drawing pictures; Mental imagery; Multimedia; Science learning; Text comprehension

Indexed keywords

PROGRAMMING THEORY; SPEECH;

COGNITIVE LOAD; DRAWING PICTURES; MENTAL IMAGERY; MULTIMEDIA; SCIENCE LEARNING; TEXT COMPREHENSION;

EDUCATION;

EID: 59049092098     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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