Investigation of effects of virtual reality environments on learning performance of technical skills

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 433-438

  Jou, Min ^a   Wang, Jingying ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Imagination and creativity; Learning effectiveness; Technical skills; Virtual reality learning environments

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; E-LEARNING; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; MANUFACTURE; PERSONNEL TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; IMAGINATION AND CREATIVITY; LEARNING EFFECTIVENESS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; SELECTION OF PROCESS PARAMETERS; TECHNICAL SKILLS; VIRTUAL REALITY LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL-REALITY ENVIRONMENT;

STUDENTS;

COMPREHENSION; CREATIVITY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGINATION; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MACHINE; SKILL; TAXONOMY; TEACHING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84861441335     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.04.020     Document Type: Article

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