Exploring the social competence of students with autism spectrum conditions in a collaborative virtual learning environment - The pilot study

Computers and Education

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1068-1077

  Cheng, Yufang ^a   Ye, Jun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

3D Expressive avatar; Autism spectrum conditions; Collaborative virtual learning environment; Social competence

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL PERFORMANCE; COGNITIVE INTERACTION; COLLABORATIVE VIRTUAL LEARNING; CORE FEATURES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; PILOT STUDIES; POSITIVE EFFECTS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 77549084807     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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