Instructional animation versus static pictures: A meta-analysis

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 722-738

  Höffler, Tim N ^a   Leutner, Detlev ^a  

^a nwu Essen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Declarative, procedural, and problem solving knowledge; Instructional visualization, animation, video, and picture; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448977588     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2007.09.013     Document Type: Article

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