The effectiveness of multimedia programmes in children's vocabulary learning

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-31

  Acha, Joana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; EDUCATION; INTERNET; TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

CHILDREN'S LEARNINGS; COGNITIVE LOADS; E - LEARNINGS; ENGLISH LANGUAGES; PRESENTATION MODES; SELF-REGULATED LEARNINGS; VISUAL ANNOTATIONS; VOCABULARY LEARNINGS; WORD TRANSLATIONS; WORKING MEMORIES;

MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

EID: 58049135543     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2007.00800.x     Document Type: Article

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