The effects of content-structure focusing on learner structural knowledge acquisition, retention, and disorientation in a hypermedia environment

Journal of Research on Computing in Education

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 271-281

  Beasley, Robert E ^a   Waugh, Michael L ^b  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Hypermedia; Knowledge acquisition; Software design

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007784568     PISSN: 08886504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08886504.1996.10782165     Document Type: Article

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