Preparing for future learning with a tangible user interface: The case of neuroscience

IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 117-129

  Schneider, Bertrand ^a   Wallace, Jenelle ^a   Blikstein, Paulo ^a   Pea, Roy ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer assisted instruction; education; input devices and strategies

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; ECOLOGICAL EVALUATION; INPUT DEVICES AND STRATEGIES; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; NEURAL PATHWAY; STUDENT PERFORMANCE; TANGIBLE USER INTERFACES; TEXTBOOK MATERIALS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION; STUDENTS;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 84879033530     PISSN: 19391382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TLT.2013.15     Document Type: Article

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