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Peters, H. J.; Daiker, K. C. – Pipeline, 1982
Investigated the overall effectiveness of and use of animation/graphics in "Introduction to Organic Chemistry" computer programs on student achievement and attitudes (n=approximately 400). Results indicate that although materials were effective animation sequences, they did not have an effect on student test scores. (JN)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Animation, Chemistry, College Science
McGuire, Barry L. S.; Holliday, William G. – 1984
Adjunct questions were inserted after each of 12 computer-animated graphics sequences shown to 160 eighth-grade science students. These sequences presented two relationships in a purely spatial fashion. Four randomly assigned treatment groups received questions targeting one of the two relationships (temperature or molecular motion) over all or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attention, Cognitive Processes, Computer Graphics
