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Munzer, Stefan; Zimmer, Hubert D.; Baus, Jorg – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2012
Current GPS-based mobile navigation assistance systems support wayfinding, but they do not support learning about the spatial configuration of an environment. The present study examined effects of visual presentation modes for navigation assistance on wayfinding accuracy, route learning, and configural learning. Participants (high-school students)…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Maps, Short Term Memory, Spatial Ability
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Patel, K. K.; Vij, S. – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2012
The inability to navigate independently and interact with the wider world is one of the most significant handicaps that can be caused by blindness, second only to the inability to communicate through reading and writing. Many difficulties are encountered when visually impaired people (VIP) need to visit new and unknown places. Current speech or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Simulation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Simulated Environment