Toward effective computer use in high school science education: Where to from here?

Education and Information Technologies

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-41

  Thomas, Gregory P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Educational change; Metacognition; Pedagogy; Science education

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645674991     PISSN: 13602357     EISSN: 15737608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011363111239     Document Type: Article

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