Young children's collaborative interactions in a multimedia computer environment

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 203-215

  Shahrimin, Mohamad Ibrani ^a,b,c   Butterworth, Dawn M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Early Childhood Studies at Edith Cowan University ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer supported collaborative learning; Early childhood education; ICT integration; Multimedia environment; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 23644454244     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-7516(01)00068-9     Document Type: Article

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