ERIC Number: EJ765083
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Nov
Pages: 25
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0360-1315
Interactive Multimedia Animation with Macromedia Flash in Descriptive Geometry Teaching
Garcia, Ramon Rubio; Quiros, Javier Suarez; Santos, Ramon Gallego; Gonzalez, Santiago Martin; Fernanz, Samuel Moran
Computers & Education, v49 n3 p615-639 Nov 2007
The growing concern of teachers to improve their theoretical classes together with the revolution in content and methods brought about by the New Information Technologies combine to offer students a new more attractive, efficient and agreeable form of learning. The case of Descriptive Geometry (DG) is particularly special, since the main purpose of this subject is not only to provide students with theoretical knowledge of Geometry and Drawing, but also to enhance their spatial perception, one of the seven forms of intelligence and the most essential and vital one in the training of any engineer, but one which has not been sufficiently fomented in pre-university or university education during recent years. With these premises, and with the aim of accelerating the students' learning process, animations were developed that permit the interactive observation by the students of the most important topics of Descriptive Geometry. The software used in the development of the animations is Macromedia Flash; a tool that allows very small vectorial graphics files to be created, thus facilitating their electronic transmission to any user connected to the network.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Spatial Ability, Information Technology, Geometry, Multimedia Materials, Animation, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Computer Software, Higher Education, Engineering Education, Multimedia Instruction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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