A visualisation approach to learning the concept of recursion

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 279-290

  Jehng, Jihn Chang J ^a   Tung, S H S ^b   Chang, C T ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Language learning; Mental models; Visualisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033236247     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2729.1999.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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