Animated agents in K-12 engineering outreach: Preferred agent characteristics across age levels

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1807-1815

  Johnson, Amy M ^a   Didonato, Matthew D ^b   Reisslein, Martin ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age levels; Agent characteristics; Animated agent; K 12 outreach

Indexed keywords

AGE LEVELS; ANIMATED AGENTS; COMPUTER-BASED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES; EXTERNAL CHARACTERISTIC; K-12 ENGINEERING OUTREACHES; K12 OUTREACH; PEDAGOGICAL AGENTS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; SURVEYS; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84875726249     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.02.023     Document Type: Article

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