Usability of concrete and virtual models in chemistry instruction

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2546-2556

  Stull, Andrew T ^a   Barrett, Trevor ^a   Hegarty, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagrammatic reasoning; Manipulatives; Molecular models; Organic chemistry; Representational competence; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

DIAGRAMMATIC REASONING; EFFICIENCY BENEFITS; MANIPULATIVES; MODERN SCIENCE; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PERCEPTUAL DIFFERENCE; REPRESENTATIONAL COMPETENCE; VIRTUAL MODELING;

EFFICIENCY; MOLECULAR MODELING; MOLECULES; STUDENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CONCRETES;

EID: 84880305061     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.06.012     Document Type: Article

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