Effects of simultaneously observing and making gestures while studying grammar animations on cognitive load and learning

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1450-1455

  Post, Lysanne S ^a   Van Gog, Tamara ^a   Paas, Fred ^a,b   Zwaan, Rolf A ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animations; Cognitive load theory; Embodied cognition; Instructional design

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE LOAD THEORY; COGNITIVE LOADS; EMBODIED COGNITION; INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNS; LEARNING TASKS;

ANIMATION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84874856242     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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