Examining the online reading behavior and performance of fifth-graders: evidence from eye-movement data

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Sung, Yao Ting ^a   Wu, Ming Da ^a   Chen, Chun Kuang ^a   Chang, Kuo En ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

comprehension process; eye movement; hypertext; online reading; reading strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026579968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00665     Document Type: Article

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