The impact of the use of response pad system on the learning of secondary school physics concepts: A Singapore quasi-experiment study

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 848-860

  Mun, Wong Kin ^a   Hew, Khe Foon ^b   Cheung, Wing Sum ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF EDUCATION   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Academic Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENT STUDY; HIGHER EDUCATION; LITTLE RESEARCH; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; SINGAPORE;

STUDENTS;

EID: 68949114361     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2008.00868.x     Document Type: Article

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