Conceptions or misconceptions? Primary teachers' perceptions and use of computers in the classroom

Education and Information Technologies

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-99

  Drenoyianni, Helen ^a   Selwood, Ian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computers; Information technology (IT); Learning; Primary schools; Rationales; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 54649084065     PISSN: 13602357     EISSN: 15737608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009630907672     Document Type: Article

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