Characteristics of science teachers who incorporate web-based teaching

Research in Science Education

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 511-547

  Dori, Yehudit J ^a,b   Tal, Revital T ^a   Peled, Yehuda ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational technology; Professional development; Science teachers; Web based learning environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043172255     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022499422042     Document Type: Article

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