Developing Web literacy in collaborative inquiry activities

Computers and Education

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 668-680

  Kuiper, Els ^a   Volman, Monique ^a   Terwel, Jan ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooperative collaborative learning; Elementary education; Media in education; Pedagogical issues

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TEACHING; VIDEO RECORDING;

CONTENT KNOWLEDGE; CONTEXTUAL FACTORS; COOPERATIVE/COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; MEDIA IN EDUCATION; MULTIPLE-CASE STUDIES; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; PRIMARY EDUCATIONS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SCHOOL TEACHERS; STUDENT ASSIGNMENTS; TEACHING STYLES; WEB-SEARCHING;

EDUCATION;

EID: 59049090159     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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