Technology in the classroom: Burning the bridges to the gaps in gender-biased education?

Computers and Education

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1052-1068

  Plumm, Karyn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender studies; Improving classroom teaching

Indexed keywords

PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS;

GENDER STUDIES; IMPROVING CLASSROOM TEACHING;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 38649123725     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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