Do graphical overviews facilitate or hinder comprehension in hypertext?

Computers and Education

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1308-1319

  Salmerón, Ladislao ^a   Baccino, Thierry ^b   Cañas, Jose J ^c   Madrid, Rafael I ^c   Fajardo, Inmaculada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b LUTIN Laboratoire des Usages en Technologie de l'Information Numérique USR CNRS 2809   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eye movements; Graphical overviews; Hypertext comprehension

Indexed keywords

DESIGN IMPLICATIONS; EYE-TRACKING; GRAPHICAL OVERVIEWS; HYPERTEXT COMPREHENSION; PROCESSING MODEL;

EYE MOVEMENTS;

HYPERTEXT SYSTEMS;

EID: 69949101397     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.06.013     Document Type: Article

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