Using animation to support the teaching of computer game development techniques

Computers and Education

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1258-1268

  Taylor, Mark John ^a   Pountney, David C ^a   Baskett, M ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Media in education

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; STUDENTS; TEACHING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VECTORS;

COMPUTER GAME OBJECTS; COMPUTER GAMES; COMPUTING STUDENTS; MEDIA IN EDUCATION;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 41649104485     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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