Emboldened by Embodiment: Six Precepts for Research on Embodied Learning and Mixed Reality

Educational Researcher

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 445-452

  Lindgren, Robb ^a   Johnson Glenberg, Mina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

computers and learning; educational technologies; embodiment; experimental research; learning; mixed reality; mixed methods; qualitative research; research methodologies; science education; student cognition; technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887548631     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X13511661     Document Type: Article

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