In-class laptop use and its effects on student learning

Computers and Education

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 906-914

  Fried, Carrie B ^a  

^a WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom teaching; Laptop use; Post secondary education; Teaching Learning strategies

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

CLASSROOM TEACHING; POST SECONDARY EDUCATION;

LAPTOP COMPUTERS;

EID: 38649102197     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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