Applying CD-ROM interactive storybooks to learning to read

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-132

  Adam, N ^b   Wild, Martyn ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attitudes; CD ROM storybooks; Interactive books; Learning; Literacy; Reading intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347072584     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2729.1997.00014.x     Document Type: Article

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