The advantages and disadvantages of using ICT as a mediating artefact in classrooms compared to alternative tools

Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 587-599

  Postholm, May Britt ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alternative tools; Classroom research; Conditions for learning; ICT; Qualitative method; Socio cultural theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849235653     PISSN: 13540602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13540600701683531     Document Type: Article

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