Investigating critical thinking and knowledge construction in an interactive learning environment

Interactive Learning Environments

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-104

  Wang, Qiyun ^a   Woo, Huay Lit ^a   Zhao, Jianhua ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Constructivist; Critical thinking; Interactivity; Knowledge construction; Weblog

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650931053     PISSN: 10494820     EISSN: 17445191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10494820701706320     Document Type: Article

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