Psychosocial environment and affective outcomes in technology-rich classrooms: Testing a causal model

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-99

  Dorman, Jeffrey P ^a   Fraser, Barry J ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Casual model; Classroom environment; Outcomes; Structural equation modeling; Technology rich classrooms

Indexed keywords

EID: 59549096969     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-008-9069-8     Document Type: Article

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