The effect of two-dimensional and stereoscopic presentation on middle school students' performance of spatial cognition tasks

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-103

  Price, Aaron ^a   Lee, Hee Sun ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D; Cognitive load; Cue theory; Spatial cognition; Stereoscopy; Visualizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649090439     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-009-9182-2     Document Type: Article

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