Comparison of student performance using web and paper-based homework in college-level physics

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1050-1071

  Bonham, Scott W ^a   Deardorff, Duane L ^a   Beichner, Robert J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICS; STUDENTS; TEACHING; TEXTBOOKS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

CALCULUS BASED PHYSICS; COLLEGE LEVEL PHYSICS; ONLINE COURSES; PAPER BASED HOMEWORK; STUDENT LEARNING;

EDUCATION;

EID: 0348252257     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.10120     Document Type: Article

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