Distraction during learning with hypermedia: Difficult tasks help to keep task goals on track

In educational hypermedia environments, students are often confronted with potential sources of distraction arising from additional information that, albeit interesting, is unrelated to their current task goal. The paper investigates the conditions under which distraction occurs and hampers performa...

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Main Authors: Katharina eScheiter, Peter eGerjets, Elke eHeise
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00268/full