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Cognitively informed systems utilizing practical approaches to enrich information presentation and transfer
Title:
Cognitively informed systems utilizing practical approaches to enrich information presentation and transfer
Author:
Alkhalifa, Eshaa M., 1966-
ISBN:
9781591408444
Publication Information:
Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2006.
Physical Description:
electronic texts (xiv, 346 p. : ill.) : digital files.
Contents:
Preface -- Chapter I. Cognitively Informed Systems: Justifications and Foundations / Eshaa M. Alkhalifa.

Section I. PERCEPTION, MEMORY, AND RECALL: Chapter II. Hypervideo and Cognition: Designing Video-Based Hypermedia for Individual Learning and Collaborative Knowledge Building / Teresa Chambel, Carmen Zahn, Matthias Finke -- Chapter III. Assisting Cognitive Recall and Contextual Reuse by Creating a Self-Describing, Shareable Multimedia Object / Michael Verhaart, Kinshuk -- Chapter IV. Guidance in the Interface: Effects of Externalizing Information During Problem Solving / Christof van Nimwegen, Hermina Tabachneck-Schijf, Herre van Oostendorp.

Section II. MENTAL REPRESENTATION OF CONCEPTS, METAPHOR, AND LANGUAGE: Chapter V. Bridging the Gap between Human Communications and Distance-Learning Activities / Sebastien George -- Chapter VI. Toward Noninvasive Adaptation of Metaphors in Content / Alexei Tretiakov, Roland Kaschek -- Chapter VII. A User-Centered Approach to the Retrieval of Information in an Adaptive Web Site / Cristina Gena, Liliana Ardissono.

Section III. MENTAL REASONING AND INTERACTION: Chapter VIII. Swarm-Based Wayfinding Support in Open and Distance Learning / Colin Tattersall ... [et al.] -- Chapter IX. From Engineer to Architecture? Designing for a Social Constructivist Environment / Karen Lee -- Chapter X. Enriching Computer Support for Constructionism / Meurig Beynon, Chris Roe.

Section IV. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AND INDIVIDUALLY BASED SYSTEMS: Chapter XI. An Architecture for Developing Multiagent Educational Applications for the Web / Tasos Triantis, Panayiotis Pintelas -- Chapter XII. Impact of Individual Differences on Web Searching Performance: Issues for Design and the Digital Divide / Allison J. Morgan, Eileen M. Trauth -- Chapter XIII. Using Bayesian Networks for Student Modeling / Chao-Lin Liu.

Section V. A REAL-WORLD CASE STUDY: Chapter XIV. The Effect of Technology on Student Science Achievement / June K. Hilton.
Abstract:
"This book identifies the main areas of cognitive science and for each area, how different system designs benefit from the findings made in that area"--Provided by publisher.
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