Effects of e-textbook instructor annotations on learner performance

Journal of Computing in Higher Education

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 221-235

  Dennis, Alan R ^a   Abaci, Serdar ^b   Morrone, Anastasia S ^c   Plaskoff, Joshua ^d   McNamara, Kelly O ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Lilly USA   (United States)

Author keywords

e textbook; Experimental study; Instructor annotations; Learning; Print textbook; Reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978107216     PISSN: 10421726     EISSN: 18671233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12528-016-9109-x     Document Type: Article

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