Examining high-school students' preferences toward learning environments, personal beliefs and concept learning in web-based contexts

Computers and Education

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 848-857

  Yang, Fang Ying ^a   Chang, Cheng Chieh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Improving classroom teaching; Interactive learning environment; Pedagogical issues; Secondary education

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; TEACHING;

CONCEPT LEARNING; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; EPISTEMOLOGICAL BELIEFS; IMPROVING CLASSROOM TEACHING; INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNS; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LEARNING OUTCOMES; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; ON-LINE TESTS; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; PERSONAL PREFERENCES; SCHOOL STUDENTS; SECONDARY EDUCATION; T-TESTS; WEB-BASED ENVIRONMENTS; WEB-BASED LEARNING; WEB-BASED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS;

EDUCATION;

EID: 60449090790     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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