Learning difficult content using the web: Strategies make a difference

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 283-285

  Brooks, David W ^a   Crippen, Kent J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Descriptive chemistry; Learning; Testing; Web teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646140033     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012213700431     Document Type: Article

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