The effects of realism in learning with dynamic visualizations

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 481-494

  Scheiter, Katharina ^a   Gerjets, Peter ^b   Huk, Thomas ^c   Imhof, Birgit ^b   Kammerer, Yvonne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animation; Dynamic visualizations; Multimedia

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349320576     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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