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Empirical Evidence of Priming, Transfer, Reinforcement, and Learning in the Real and Virtual Trillium Trails
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Harrington, M. C. R. – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2011
Over the past 20 years, there has been a debate on the effectiveness of virtual reality used for learning with young children, producing many ideas but little empirical proof. This empirical study compared learning activity in situ of a real environment (Real) and a desktop virtual reality (Virtual) environment, built with video game technology,…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Environmental Education, Elementary School Students, Computer Simulation