The effects of designing Webquests on the motivation of pre-service elementary school teachers

International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 793-802

  Halat, Erdogan ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Internet; Mathematics; Motivation; Pre service elementary school teachers; Webquests

Indexed keywords

EID: 49649103749     PISSN: 0020739X     EISSN: 14645211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207390802054466     Document Type: Article

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