Effectiveness of three-dimensional digital animation in teaching human anatomy in an authentic classroom context

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 430-437

  Hoyek, Nady ^a   Collet, Christian ^a   Di Rienzo, Franck ^a   De Almeida, Mickael ^a   Guillot, Aymeric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

3D digital animations; Animations; Assessment; Computer assisted learning; Gross anatomy education; Kinesiology program; Spatial ability; Students' performance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY; EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936750151     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.1446     Document Type: Article

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