Evaluating the instructional efficacy of computer-mediated interactive multimedia: Comparing three elementary statistics tutorial modules

Journal of Educational Computing Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 411-436

  González, Gerardo M ^a   Birch, Marc A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0039600493     PISSN: 07356331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/X8PQ-K0GQ-T2DR-XY1A     Document Type: Article

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