Effects of digital dictionary format on incidental acquisition of spelling knowledge and cognitive load during second language learning: Click-on vs. key-in dictionaries

Computers and Education

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-20

  Liu, Tzu Chien ^a   Fan, Melissa Hui Mei ^a   Paas, Fred ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evaluation of CAL systems; Human computer interface; Media in education

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE LOADS; DIGITAL DICTIONARIES; EVALUATION OF CAL SYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERFACES; MEDIA IN EDUCATION; RECENT RESEARCHES; SECOND LANGUAGE; TAIWANESE STUDENTS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; EDUCATION;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84883340863     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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