Animated agents and learning: Does the type of verbal feedback they provide matter?

Computers and Education

Volumn 67, Issue , 2013, Pages 239-249

  Lin, Lijia ^a   Atkinson, Robert K ^b   Christopherson, Robert M ^c   Joseph, Stacey S ^c   Harrison, Caroline J ^d  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Architectures for educational technology; Human computer interface; Interactive learning environments; Multimedia hypermedia systems; system; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERFACES; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MULTIMEDIA/HYPERMEDIA SYSTEMS; SYSTEM; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY;

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 84877757843     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2013.04.017     Document Type: Article

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