Effects of integrating hypermedia into elementary science professional development on science content knowledge

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 415-424

  Hartshorne, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Content knowledge; Elementary science; Hypermedia; Professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844529374     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-005-8086-z     Document Type: Article

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