The effect of static and animated visualization: A perspective of instructional effectiveness and efficiency

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-174

  Lin, Huifen ^a   Dwyer, Francis M ^b  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedback; Instructional animation; Questions; Visualization; Web based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952067897     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-009-9133-x     Document Type: Article

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