Title
Animated agents in K-12 engineering outreach: Preferred agent characteristics across age levels.
Abstract
•Preferred characteristics of animated agents teaching engineering were studied.•Preferences of elementary, middle, and high school students were examined.•Students preferred agent characteristics that were close to their own.•Provides support for the similarity–attraction hypothesis in computer interactions.•Animated agents in engineering domain should be designed to match the learner.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1016/j.chb.2013.02.023
Computers in Human Behavior
Keywords
Field
DocType
Age levels,Agent characteristics,Animated agent,K-12 outreach
Social psychology,Pace,Clothing,Outreach,Psychology,Survey methodology,Perception,Personality,Student learning
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
29
4
0747-5632
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
0.59
20
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Amy M. Johnson1484.88
Matthew D. DiDonato270.59
Martin Reisslein31661114.91