Social interaction during computer-based activities: Comparisons by number of sessions, gender, school-level, gender composition of the group, and computer-child ratio

Sex Roles

Volumn 61, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 864-878

  Willoughby, Teena ^a   Wood, Eileen ^b   Desjarlais, Malinda ^a   Williams, Lindsay ^a   Leacy, Kim ^b   Sedore, Lisa ^c  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer based activities; Elementary school children; Gender comparisons; Preschoolers; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149120819     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9687-4     Document Type: Article

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