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Plass, Jan L.; Homer, Bruce D.; Hayward, Elizabeth O. – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2009
This paper reviews research on learning from dynamic visual representations and offers principles for the design of animations and simulations that assure their educational effectiveness. In addition to established principles, new and revised design principle are presented that have been derived from recent research. Our review focuses on the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Technology, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Design
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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