The effect of different chunking strategies in complementing animated instruction

Learning, Media and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 407-419

  Munyofu, Mine ^a,b   Swain, William J ^a   Ausman, Bradley D ^a   Lin, Huifen ^a   Kidwai, Khusro ^a   Dwyer, Francis ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 36549071513     PISSN: 17439884     EISSN: 17439892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439880701690109     Document Type: Article

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