Learning with digital texts: Exploring the impact of prior domain knowledge and reading comprehension ability on navigation and learning outcomes

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 299-313

  Sullivan, Sarah A ^a   Puntambekar, Sadhana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphical overviews; Hypertext comprehension; Hypertext navigation; Prior domain knowledge; Reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

HYPERTEXT SYSTEMS;

CONTENT KNOWLEDGE; DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE; GRAPHICAL OVERVIEWS; HYPERTEXT COMPREHENSION; NAVIGATION BEHAVIOR; NAVIGATION STRATEGIES; READING COMPREHENSION; TEXT COMPREHENSIONS;

NAVIGATION;

EID: 84928379505     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.04.016     Document Type: Article

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