Analysis of virtual reality technology applied in education

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 126-127

  Johnston, R ^a,b,c,d   Weiss, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Standard experimental designs; Task analyses; Transfer effectiveness ratio; Transfer of training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0030992792     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13645709709152716     Document Type: Article

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