Designing and developing a language environment for second language writers

Computers and Education

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1122-1146

  Knutsson, Ola ^a   Pargman, Teresa Cerratto ^b   Eklundh, Kerstin Severinson ^a   Westlund, Stefan ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adult learning; Evaluation of CAL systems; Human computer interface; Interactive learning environments

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

ADULT LEARNING; EVALUATION OF CAL SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES;

EID: 34548028240     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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