Primary pupils' recall of interactive storybooks on CD-ROM: Inconsiderate interactive features and forgetting

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-66

  Trushell, John ^a   Maitland, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; EDUCATION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

INTERACTIVE FEATURES; SOUND EFFECTS; STORYBOOKS;

CD-ROM;

EID: 27644489126     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2005.00438.x     Document Type: Review

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