What information handling skills are promoted by the use of data analysis software?

Education and Information Technologies

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-120

  Cox, Margaret ^a   Nikolopoulou, Kleopatra ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Data analysis; Logical operators; Science; Secondary school

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249321566     PISSN: 13602357     EISSN: 15737608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018644709701     Document Type: Article

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