Animations showing Lego manipulative tasks: Three potential moderators of effectiveness

Computers and Education

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-13

  Castro Alonso, Juan C ^a   Ayres, Paul ^a   Paas, Fred ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animation static comparison; Embodied cognition; Lego manipulative task; Transient information; Virtual and physical learning environment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; MODERATORS;

EMBODIED COGNITION; INSTRUCTIONAL ANIMATIONS; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LEGO MANIPULATIVE TASK; STATIC INFORMATION; STATIC VISUALIZATIONS; TRANSIENT INFORMATION; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

ANIMATION;

EID: 84923345152     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2014.12.022     Document Type: Article

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