Investigation of the effectiveness of traffic sign training in terms of training methods and sign characteristics

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-295

  Ng, Annie W Y ^a   Chan, Alan H S ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Learnability; Paired associate learning; Recall training; Recognition training; Sign characteristics; Traffic signs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; TEACHING;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHINA; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCATION DIRECTORIES AND SIGNS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958760966     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2011.556171     Document Type: Article

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