Animated engineering tutors: Middle school students' preferences and rationales on multiple dimensions

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ozogul, Gamze ^a   Johnson, Amy ^a   Reisslein, Martin ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

animated pedagogical agents; engineering education; engineering tutor; preferences

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; STUDENTS;

INSTRUCTIONAL MODULES; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS; MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS; PEDAGOGICAL AGENTS; PREFERENCES;

TEACHING;

EID: 84874741989     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2012.6462209     Document Type: Conference Paper

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