Morphing images: A potential tool for teaching word recognition to children with severe learning difficulties

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 293-301

  Sheehy, Kieron ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); IMAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TEACHING;

MNEMONIC ELEMENTS; MORPHING SOFTWARE; WORD RECOGNITION;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33745203940     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2005.00458.x     Document Type: Article

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