Adaptation provisioning with respect to learning styles in a Web-based educational system: An experimental study

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 243-257

  Popescu, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Adaptive educational system; Learning style; Personalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955157548     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2010.00364.x     Document Type: Article

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