Usability and motivational impact of a fast-paced immersive virtual-reality lecture on international middle-school students in geoscience education

Zulhilmi, Azim; Hayakawa, Yuichi S.; Newman, Daniel R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-8-197-2025

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Usability and motivational impact of a fast-paced immersive virtual-reality lecture on international middle-school students in geoscience education

Azim Zulhilmi, Yuichi S. Hayakawa, and Daniel R. Newman

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