Environmental support hypothesis in designing multimedia training for older adults: Is less always more?

Computers and Education

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-110

  Pachman, Mariya ^a   Ke, Fengfeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Cognitive load; Environmental support; Multimedia learning; Older learners

Indexed keywords

AUDIO NARRATIONS; COGNITIVE AGING; COGNITIVE LOADS; GREETING CARDS; MULTIMEDIA LEARNING; OLDER ADULTS; OLDER LEARNERS; PERFORMANCE EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; PROCESSING RESOURCES; TASK DEMAND; VISUAL PATHWAYS; WORKING MEMORIES;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EDUCATION;

EID: 80052534055     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2011.08.011     Document Type: Article

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