Powerful learning environments and the development of technical expertise in Ghana: Investigating the moderating effect of instructional conceptions

Proceedings - 5th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2005

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 1000-1004

  Sarfo, Frederick Kwaku ^a   Elen, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POWERFUL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS (PLE); TEACHERS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; STUDENTS;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33749078393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICALT.2005.222     Document Type: Conference Paper

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