Stereoscopy in Static Scientific Imagery in an Informal Education Setting: Does It Matter?

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 721-734

  Price, C Aaron ^a   Lee, H S ^b   Malatesta, K ^a  

^a AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF VARIABLE STAR OBSERVERS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3D; Informal learning; Science education; Spatial cognition; Stereoscopy; Visualizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911999457     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-014-9500-1     Document Type: Article

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