Measuring cognitive load

Cognitive Load Theory

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 181-202

  Brünken, Roland ^a   Seufert, Tina ^b   Paas, Fred ^c  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84873436477     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511844744.011     Document Type: Chapter

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