The learner characteristics, features of desktop 3D virtual reality environments.; College chemistry instruction: A structural equation modeling analysis

Computers and Education

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 551-568

  Merchant, Zahira ^a   Goetz, Ernest T ^a   Keeney Kennicutt, Wendy ^a   Kwok, Oi Man ^a   Cifuentes, Lauren ^a   Davis, Trina J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Science chemistry achievement; Self efficacy; Spatial ability; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

3D VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENTS; DESKTOP VIRTUAL REALITY; INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER; PSYCHOLOGICAL VARIABLES; SCIENCE/CHEMISTRY ACHIEVEMENT; SELF EFFICACY; SPATIAL ABILITIES; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859053941     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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