Reconciling beliefs and practices in teaching and learning

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-50

  Song, Liyan ^a   Hannafin, Michael J ^b,c,d   Hill, Janette R ^c  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Learning and Performance Support Lab   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d Towson University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Learning success; Reconciliation; Teaching success

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347267576     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-006-9013-6     Document Type: Article

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