A 'benign addition'? Research on ICT and pre-school children

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-164

  Plowman, Lydia ^a   Stephen, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ICT; Implementation; Interface; Literacy; Literature review; Media; Multimedia; Policy; Pre school

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842486044     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0266-4909.2003.00016.x     Document Type: Review

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