Assessing teachers' context beliefs about technology use

Journal of Research on Technology in Education

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 93-107

  Lumpe, Andrew T ^a   Chambers, Elisha ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Program evaluation; Teacher beliefs; Technology profossional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144535929     PISSN: 15391523     EISSN: 19450818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15391523.2001.10782337     Document Type: Article

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