Using immersive virtual environments to assess science content understanding: The impact of context

Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age, CELDA 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 227-230

  Ketelhut, Diane Jass ^a   Nelson, Brian C ^b   Schifter, Catherine C ^a   Kim, Younsu ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Science; Situated learning; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; SCIENCE; SITUATED LEARNING;

RATING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84860783836     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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