Rethinking scaffolding in the information age

Computers and Education

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 362-382

  Yelland, Nicola ^a   Masters, Jennifer ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computers; Learning; Scaffolding; Thinking skills

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; FORMAL LOGIC; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COMPUTER CONTEXTS; TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESSES; THINKING SKILLS;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33751212155     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2005.01.010     Document Type: Article

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