Principled animation design improves comprehension of complex dynamics

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 45, Issue , 2016, Pages 72-84

  Lowe, Richard K ^a,b   Boucheix, Jean Michel ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Animation design; Animation processing model; Complexity; Composition approach; Mental model acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979524806     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2016.06.005     Document Type: Article

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