Designing collaborative knowledge building environments accessible to all learners: Impacts and design challenges

Computers and Education

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 479-490

  So, Hyo Jeong ^a   Seah, Lay Hoon ^b   Toh Heng, Hwee Leng ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Anderson Junior College   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cooperative collaborative learning; Elementary education; Improving classroom teaching; Interactive learning environments; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE/COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; IMPROVING CLASSROOM TEACHING; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY;

BUILDINGS; COLLEGE BUILDINGS; EDUCATION COMPUTING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 71549130754     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.08.031     Document Type: Article

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