RoomBugs: Simulating insect infestations in elementary classrooms

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 315-320

  Barron, Michael ^a   Moher, Tom ^a   Maharry, Jeff ^b  

^a 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

^b Galileo Scholastic Academy of Mathematics and Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Embedded phenomena; Learning technologies; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS; ELEMENTARY SCIENCE; EMBEDDED PHENOMENA; INSECT INFESTATIONS; LEARNING TECHNOLOGY; SIMULATION; TABLET COMPUTER;

PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 84869111523     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1125451.1125522     Document Type: Conference Paper

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