Information enforcement and learning with interactive graphical systems

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 365-390

  Dobson, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carroll; Euler; Graphics; Media selection; Multiple representations; Reasoning; Specificity logic; Venn

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001083716     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4752(98)00052-8     Document Type: Article

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