Scaffolding online historical inquiry tasks: A case study of two secondary school classrooms

Computers and Education

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1394-1410

  Li, Dong Dong ^a   Lim, Cher Ping ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

History; Online inquiry; Scaffolding; Secondary school

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; STUDENTS;

ONLINE HISTORICAL INQUIRY SKILLS; ONLINE INQUIRY; SCAFFOLDS WORKING; SECONDARY SCHOOL;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 41649098635     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2006.12.013     Document Type: Article

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