Ubiquitous laptop usage in higher education: Effects on student achievement, student satisfaction, and constructivist measures in honors and traditional classrooms

Computers and Education

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1766-1783

  Wurst, Christian ^a   Smarkola, Claudia ^b   Gaffney, Mary Anne ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Pedagogical issues; Post secondary education

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTERS; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; HONORS PROGRAM; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION; STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT; STUDENT SATISFACTION; URBAN UNIVERSITY;

TEACHING;

EID: 49449114130     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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