Engaging college science students and changing academic achievement with technology: A quasi-experimental preliminary investigation

Computers and Education

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 376-380

  Carle, Adam C ^a   Jaffee, David ^a   Miller, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; College students; Science education; Student engagement; Technology

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STUDENTS; TECHNOLOGY;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; COLLEGE STUDENTS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS; PILOT STUDIES; PODCASTS; RESEARCH METHODS; SCIENCE EDUCATION; SMALL GROUPS; STUDENT ENGAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED CLASSROOMS;

TEACHING;

EID: 57849094972     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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