An online questionnaire for evaluating students' and teachers' perceptions of constructivist multimedia learning environments

Research in Science Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 221-244

  Maor, Dorit ^a   Fraser, Barry J ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Constructivist multimedia learning environment; High school; Online media inquiry learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 29444453302     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-005-2148-3     Document Type: Article

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