Does animation amplify the modality effect - Or is there any modality effect at all?

Zeitschrift fur Padagogische Psychologie

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 245-256

  Schmidt Weigand, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animation; Eye tracking; Modality effect; Multimedia learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054685386     PISSN: 10100652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1010-0652/a000048     Document Type: Article

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