Beyond cognitive and metacognitive tools: The use of the Internet as an 'epistemological' tool for instruction

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 525-536

  Tsai, Chin Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; EDUCATION; HYPERMEDIA SYSTEMS; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STUDENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUALIZATION;

COGNITIVE TOOLS; EPISTEMOLOGY; INFORMATION SEARCH; METACOGNITION;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 4544336758     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0007-1013.2004.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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