Enabling people who are blind to experience science inquiry learning through sound-based mediation

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 499-513

  Levy, S T ^a   Lahav, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blindness; Human computer interaction; Learning environments; Simulations; Special education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868210170     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2011.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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