Webquests: Can they be used to improve critical thinking skills in students?

Computers in the Schools

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 101-117

  Vidoni, Kimberly L ^a   Maddux, Cleborne D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom learning; Critical thinking; Dodge; Inquiry oriented; Internet; Web; Web based; Webquest; World wide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644569316     PISSN: 07380569     EISSN: 15287033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J025v19n01_09     Document Type: Article

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