Digital simulation-based training: A meta-analysis

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1097-1114

  Gegenfurtner, Andreas ^a   Quesada Pallarès, Carla ^b   Knogler, Maximilian ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; TRANSFER LEARNING;

COGNITIVE THEORY OF MULTIMEDIA LEARNING; DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS; DIGITAL SIMULATION; INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNS; META ANALYSIS; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING; TRANSFER OF LEARNING;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84924813829     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjet.12188     Document Type: Article

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