Towards an electronic independent learning environment for statistics in higher education

Education and Information Technologies

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 409-424

  Schuyten, Gilberte ^a   Dekeyser, Hannelore ^a   Goeminne, Katy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attitude towards computers; Higher education; Independent learning; Information and communications technologies (ICT); Learning statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 30244458193     PISSN: 13602357     EISSN: 15737608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009665630628     Document Type: Article

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