Constructivism: Has the term outlived its usefulness?

Computers in the Schools

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 5-20

  Maddux, Cleborne D ^a   Cummings, Rhoda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 0008161597     PISSN: 07380569     EISSN: 15287033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J025v15n03_02     Document Type: Article

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