Investigating verbal interactions when primary children use computers

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 66-77

  Wild, Martyn ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collaborative behaviour; Primary; Small groups; Talk; Verbal interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030552584     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.1996.tb00039.x     Document Type: Article

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