Static and animated presentations in learning dynamic mechanical systems

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-127

  Boucheix, Jean Michel ^a   Schneider, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Animation; Comprehension; Expertise reversal effect; Mechanical reasoning ability; Spatial ability; Static pictures; User control

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649108992     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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