Reading direction and signaling in a simple computer simulation

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1176-1182

  Rey, Günter Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Causal connection; Computer simulation; Multimedia learning; Reading direction; Signaling

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE THEORY OF MULTIMEDIA LEARNING; FACTORIAL DESIGN; MULTIMEDIA LEARNING; TIME SPENT; TRANSFER PERFORMANCE;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER CRIME; NEURAL NETWORKS; SIGNALING; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 77955282622     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.03.027     Document Type: Article

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