Self-generated drawings for supporting comprehension of a complex animation

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 211-224

  Mason, Lucia ^a   Lowe, Richard ^b   Tornatora, Maria Caterina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animation; Comprehension of animations; Drawing to learn; Learning from animations; Self generated drawing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877338734     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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