How children navigate a multiperspective hypermedia environment: The role of spatial working memory capacity

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 145-158

  Kornmann, Jessica ^a,b   Kammerer, Yvonne ^a   Anjewierden, Anjo ^c   Zettler, Ingo ^b,d   Trautwein, Ulrich ^b   Gerjets, Peter ^a  

^a KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cognitive flexibility theory; Elementary school children; Hypermedia learning; Navigational behavior; Working memory

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FISH; HYPERMEDIA SYSTEMS;

COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY THEORY; ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; HYPERMEDIA LEARNING; NAVIGATIONAL BEHAVIOR; WORKING MEMORY;

NAVIGATION;

EID: 84942134937     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.08.054     Document Type: Article

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