Characteristics of drills related to development of skills

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-68

  Luik, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Elementary education; Evaluation of CAL systems; Media in education

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846228853     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2007.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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