Solving information-based problems: Evaluating sources and information

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-179

  Brand Gruwel, Saskia ^a   Stadtler, Marc ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypertext learning; Information problem solving; Multiple document comprehension; Web search

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650173539     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2010.02.008     Document Type: Editorial

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