Effectiveness of a Mobile Plant Learning System in a science curriculum in Taiwanese elementary education

Computers and Education

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-58

  Huang, Yueh Min ^a   Lin, Yen Ting ^a   Cheng, Shu Chen ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Applications in subject areas; Elementary education; Improving classroom teaching; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS IN SUBJECT AREAS; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; IMPROVING CLASSROOM TEACHING; LEARNING ACTIVITY; MOBILE PLANTS; PLANT INFORMATION; SCIENCE CURRICULUM; STUDENT LEARNING; TEACHING AND LEARNING; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY; TEST RESULTS;

CURRICULA; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 74449090198     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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