Designing and evaluating ict to teach and learn science: An approach drawing upon the concept of learning demand and a social constructivist perspective on learning

Mediating Science Learning Through Information and Communications Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 81-102

  Leach, John ^a   Scott, Phil ^a  

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203464007     Document Type: Chapter

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