Students' performance and satisfaction with Web vs. paper-based practice quizzes and lecture notes

Computers and Education

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 375-384

  Macedo Rouet, Mônica ^a   Ney, Muriel ^b   Charles, Sandrine ^c   Lallich Boidin, Geneviève ^c  

^a ERT IRMA   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Interactive learning environments; Media in education; Navigation; Pedagogical issues; Post secondary education

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE LOADS; DELIVERY MODES; GROUP WORKING; INFORMATION SEARCH; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LECTURE NOTES; MEDIA IN EDUCATION; PAPER MATERIALS; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION; PRINTED DOCUMENTS; TIME SPENT; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS; WEB DELIVERY;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; NAVIGATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

STUDENTS;

EID: 67349192580     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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