Does an interface with less assistance provoke more thoughtful behavior?

ICLS 2006 - International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 785-791

  Van Nimwegen, Christof ^a   Van Oostendorp, Herre ^a   Burgos, Daniel ^b   Koper, Rob ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LEARNING; BETTER PERFORMANCE; COGNITIVE STYLES; DESIGNING SOFTWARES; INTERFACE INFORMATION; NEED FOR COGNITIONS; PLANNING TASKS; PROBLEM-SOLVING PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84884318406     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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