WebQuests as perceived by teachers: Implications for online teaching and learning: Original article

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 295-304

  Zheng, R ^a   Perez, J ^b   Williamson, J ^a   Flygare, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Constructivist; Guided discovery; Hypermedia; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 47149097866     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2007.00261.x     Document Type: Article

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