Improving critical thinking skills in mobile learning

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 434-438

  Cavus, Nadire ^a   Uzunboylu, Huseyin ^a  

^a NEAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

collaborative learning; critical thinking; environmental awareness; GPRS; M learning; Messenger; MMS; mobile technologies; SMS; WAP

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649410538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770428     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2009.01.078     Document Type: Article

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