Can structured representation enhance students' thinking skills for better understanding of E-learning content?

Computers and Education

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 463-473

  Al Samarraie, Hosam ^a   Teo, Timothy ^b   Abbas, Merza ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Distance education; Interactive learning environments; Pedagogical issues

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED COGNITION; E-LEARNING CONTENTS; E-LEARNING MODELS; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; STRUCTURE-BASED; THINKING SKILLS; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; DISTANCE EDUCATION; E-LEARNING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MOTIVATION;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84883390224     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2013.07.038     Document Type: Article

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