Design factors for effective science simulations: Representation of information

International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-35

  Plass, Jan L ^a   Homer, Bruce D ^b   Milne, Catherine ^a   Jordan, Trace ^a   Kalyuga, Slava ^c   Kim, Minchi ^d   Lee, Hyunjeong ^e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Seoul   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Icons; Interface design; Learning; Prior knowledge; Representation; Science; Self efficacy; Simulation; Spatial ability; Symbols

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SIMULATION;

COGNITIVE LOADS; ICONS; INTERFACE DESIGNS; LEARNING; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; REPRESENTATION; SCIENCE; SELF EFFICACY; SIMULATION; SPATIAL ABILITIES;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 77952089580     PISSN: 19423888     EISSN: 19423896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgcms.2009010102     Document Type: Article

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