Alternatives in evaluating multimedia in secondary school science teaching

Computers and Education

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 559-583

  Cronjé, Johannes C ^a   Fouche, Johann ^b  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Computer mediated learning; Evaluation; Media in education; Mental models; Navigation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; SAMPLING; TEACHING;

COMPUTER-MEDIATED LEARNING; MEDIA IN EDUCATION; MENTAL MODELS;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 43849111023     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2007.06.012     Document Type: Article

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