Guidance in the interface and transfer of task performance

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 250, Issue , 2007, Pages 225-232

  Van Nimwegen, Christof ^a   Van Oostendorp, Herre ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

externalization of information; guidance in the interface; problem solving; transfer of skill; visualization

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EXTERNALIZATION OF INFORMATION; FLEXIBLE STRATEGIES; HIGH COSTS; INTERFACE PROBLEMS; RESEARCH APPROACH; TASK INFORMATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSFER PHASE; TWO PHASIS;

ERGONOMICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VISUALIZATION;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 77954441601     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1362550.1362596     Document Type: Conference Paper

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