The effects of peer interactions on the development of technological fluency in an early-childhood, robotic learning environment

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 5039-5045

  Staszowski, Kevin J ^a   Bers, Marina ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROCESS CONTROL; ROBOTICS; TEACHING;

CHILDREN; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; PEER INTERACTIONS; TWO-WAY INTERACTION;

ROBOT LEARNING;

EID: 22544438143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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