Can differences in learning strategies explain the benefits of learning from static and dynamic visualizations?

Computers and Education

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 176-187

  Kühl, Tim ^a   Scheiter, Katharina ^a   Gerjets, Peter ^a   Gemballa, Sven ^b  

^a KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interactive learning environments; Media in education; Multimedia hypermedia systems; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC VISUALIZATION; FACTUAL KNOWLEDGE; INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING OUTCOME; LEARNING STRATEGY; MEDIA IN EDUCATION; MULTIMEDIA/HYPERMEDIA SYSTEMS; PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES; PROCESS-ORIENTED APPROACHES; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; STATIC CONDITIONS; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY; THINK ALOUD; THINK-ALOUD PROTOCOL;

STUDENTS; VISUALIZATION;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 77958014629     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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