COGNITIVE LOAD FOR CONFIGURATION COMPREHENSION IN COMPUTER-SUPPORTED GEOMETRY PROBLEM SOLVING: AN EYE MOVEMENT PERSPECTIVE

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 605-627

  Lin, John Jr Hung ^a   Lin, Sunny S J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

cognitive load; configuration comprehension; eye movement; geometry diagram; problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901950438     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-013-9479-8     Document Type: Article

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