Exploring Learning Opportunities in Coordinated Network-Enhanced Classrooms: A Case of Kids as Global Scientists

Journal of the Learning Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 297-327

  Songer, Nancy Butler ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0030504057     PISSN: 10508406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327809jls0504_1     Document Type: Article

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