Exploring the cognitive loads of high-school students as they learn concepts in web-based environments

Computers and Education

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 673-680

  Chang, Cheng Chieh ^a   Yang, Fang Ying ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Improving classroom teaching; Interactive learning environments; Pedagogical issues; Secondary education

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE LOADS; CONCEPT LEARNING; FLASH ANIMATIONS; HIGH SCHOOL; IMPROVING CLASSROOM TEACHING; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING APPROACH; LEARNING CONTEXT; LEARNING TASKS; MAP METHODS; MENTAL EFFORT; ON-LINE TESTS; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; SCHOOL STUDENTS; SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES; SELF-REPORT; WEB-BASED CURRICULUM; WEB-BASED ENVIRONMENT;

CURRICULA; GLOBAL WARMING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 77953129168     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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