A learner-centered approach to multimedia explanations: Deriving instructional design principles from cognitive theory

Interactive Multimedia Electronic Journal of Computer - Enhanced Learning

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Moreno, Roxana ^a   Mayer, Richard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE THEORY; LEARNING-CENTERED APPROACH; ON-SCREEN TEXTS; VERBAL FORMATS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPEECH; STUDENTS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

EID: 3042642594     PISSN: 15259102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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