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McCoy, Leah P.; Kreiger, Lisa W. – 1988
This reinforcement activity has been used by students from the elementary school level to the graduate school level who possess intermediate level ability in programming Logo. The activity, which consists of writing Logo programs that animate an object, can have several positive effects as it: (1) helps develop problem-solving skills; (2)…
Descriptors: Animation, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Clarebout, Geraldine; Elen, Jan; Johnson, W. Lewis – 2002
In this paper, animated pedagogical agents are looked at from an instructional design perspective. A "support-typology" was constructed based on different dimensions on which support can be described and different roles instructional agents can assume. This typology is used to analyze currently available pedagogical agents. This analysis indicates…
Descriptors: Animation, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education, Educational Technology
Rieber, Lloyd P.; Hannafin, Michael J. – 1987
A study was carried out at Pennsylvania State University to examine the effects of both textual and computer animated orienting activities--i.e., mediators through which new information is presented to the learner--and practice on the application and problem solving skills of elementary school students. It was hypothesized that students provided…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Animation, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction