Computer Animation Being Used to Bring Science Concepts to Life
Evidence of learning gains remains sparse.
When it comes to teaching science, animation seems like a natural fit. What better way to convey how a bicycle pump works or the functions of the human respiratory system?
Yet research has turned up relatively little evidence that students learn more from a moving image on a computer screen than they would from a still picture or a physical model.
“We now have the hardware and software to build really beautiful instructional programs,” said Richard E. Mayer, a psychology professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. “But we don’t have the research on how to...
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