Design for Scalability: A case study of the river city curriculum

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 353-365

  Clarke, Jody ^a   Dede, Chris ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Scale; Science inquiry; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449121431     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-009-9156-4     Document Type: Article

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