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Immersive Training Systems: Virtual Reality and Education and Training.

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Psotka, Joseph – Instructional Science, 1995

Describes virtual reality (VR) technology and VR research on education and training. Focuses on immersion as the key added value of VR, analyzes cognitive variables connected to immersion, how it is generated in synthetic environments and its benefits. Discusses value of tracked, immersive visual displays over nonimmersive simulations. Contains 78…

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Computer Simulation, Educational Research

Dynamic Characteristics of Mental Models and Dynamic Visual Displays.

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Park, Ok-Choon; Gittelman, Stuart S. – Instructional Science, 1995

Discusses three experiments conducted with undergraduates to investigate important characteristics of mental models, their influence on task performance, and instructional strategies facilitating their formation. Results suggest that dynamic visual displays are more effective than static visual displays for teaching electronic troubleshooting…

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Electronic Equipment, Higher Education, Instructional Design

Fragments: The Implications for Teachers, Learners and Media Users/Researchers of Personal Construal and Fragmentary Recollection of Aural and Visual Messages.

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Mason, John H. – Instructional Science, 1988

Describes the fragmentary recall of aural and visual messages and discusses the implications for instructional design. Topics discussed include cognitive processes; the characteristics and selection of various media and the relationship to fragment processing skills; classroom activities based on fragmentary recall; and direction for further…

Descriptors: Aural Learning, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Educational Theories