Characteristics of effective materials for informal education: A cross-media comparison of television, magazines, and interactive media

The Design of Instruction and Evaluation: Affordances of Using Media and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 3-18

  Fisch, Shalom M ^a  

^a MediaKidz Research and Consulting   (United States)

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EID: 60849097619     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410611376     Document Type: Chapter

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