Virtual Blocks: a serious game for spatial ability improvement on mobile devices

Multimedia Tools and Applications

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1575-1595

  Martin Dorta, Norena ^a   Sanchez Berriel, Isabel ^a   Bravo, Miguel ^a   Hernandez, Juan ^a   Saorin, Jose Luis ^a   Contero, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Education and training; Mobile gaming; Multimedia applications; Spatial abilities

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION COMPUTING; STUDENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

3-D VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; EDUCATION AND TRAINING; FRESHMAN ENGINEERING STUDENTS; INSTRUCTION SYSTEM; MOBILE GAMING; MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS; SPATIAL ABILITIES; VALIDATION STUDY;

SERIOUS GAMES;

EID: 84912045078     PISSN: 13807501     EISSN: 15737721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11042-013-1652-0     Document Type: Article

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