Assessing the impact of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) in undergraduate Latin American studies courses

Language Resources and Evaluation

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 389-407

  Child, Jack ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Computer assisted instruction (CAI); Evaluation; General education; Hypercard; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249115289     PISSN: 1574020X     EISSN: 15728412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (14)

1. This project has been supported, in part. by grant from the Consortium College and University Media Centers.
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14. This "Introduction to the Geography of Latin America" program was developed with support from the State Department's Foreign Service Institute. It is now available commercially.