Meta-analyzer: A web-based learning environment for analyzing student information searching behaviors

International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 567-579

  Tseng, Judy C R ^a   Hwang, Gwo Jen ^b   Tsai, Pei Shan ^c   Tsai, Chin Chung ^c  

^a CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computer assisted learning; Course design; Information technology applied instruction; Meta index; Metasearch engine

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849258676     PISSN: 13494198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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