Supporting student discussions: It isn't just talk

Education and Information Technologies

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 217-229

  Lee, John ^a   Dineen, Finbar ^b   Mckendree, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Higher education; Learning models; Multimedia; Pedagogy; Teaching materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 54649085165     PISSN: 13602357     EISSN: 15737608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009645430959     Document Type: Article

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