Effects of knowledge and display design on comprehension of complex graphics

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-166

  Canham, Matt ^a   Hegarty, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Display design; Eye fixations; Graphical comprehension; Meteorology instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749101644     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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