Practising mental rotation using interactive Desktop Mental Rotation Trainer (iDeMRT)

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 889-900

  Rafi, Ahmad ^a   Samsudin, Khairulanuar ^b  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b SULTAN IDRIS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCES; CONTROL GROUPS; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DESIGN PROCEDURE; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; INTERACTIVE DESKTOPS; MAIN EFFECT; MEAN AGES; MENTAL ROTATION; STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING; TRAINING CONDITIONS; TRAINING METHODS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ROTATION;

EID: 68949120873     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2008.00874.x     Document Type: Article

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