The effectiveness of computer-assisted instruction in teaching introductory statistics

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 170-178

  Basturk, Ramazan ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computer assisted instruction; Teaching in higher education; Teaching introductory statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844510535     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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