Effects of different text display types on reading comprehension, sustained attention and cognitive load in mobile reading contexts

Interactive Learning Environments

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 553-571

  Chen, Chih Ming ^a   Lin, Yu Ju ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

cognitive load; mobile reading; reading comprehension; sustained attention; text display type

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899663362     PISSN: 10494820     EISSN: 17445191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10494820.2014.891526     Document Type: Article

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