Learning by generating vs. receiving instructional explanations: Two approaches to enhance attention cueing in animations

Computers and Education

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 681-691

  de Koning, Björn B ^a   Tabbers, Huib K ^a   Rikers, Remy M J P ^a   Paas, Fred ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cueing; Instructional animations; Instructional explanations; Self explanations

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL RELATION; INSTRUCTIONAL ANIMATIONS; MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS;

ANIMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 77953138261     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.02.027     Document Type: Article

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