High access and low use of technologies in high school classrooms: Explaining an apparent paradox

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 813-834

  Cuban, Larry ^a   Kirkpatrick, Heather ^b   Peck, Craig ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Aspire Public Schools   (United States)

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EID: 0035561849     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00028312038004813     Document Type: Article

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