A framework for designing interactive multimedia to scaffold young children's understanding of historical chronology

Instructional Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 221-241

  Masterman, Elizabeth ^a   Rogers, Yvonne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive interactivity; External representations; History; Interactive multimedia; Scaffolding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036246772     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015133106888     Document Type: Article

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