Boys' and girls' ICT beliefs: Do teachers matter?

Computers and Education

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-23

  Vekiri, Ioanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gender studies; Pedagogical issues; Secondary education; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATORY STUDIES; GENDER STUDIES; LEARNING ACTIVITY; MIDDLE SCHOOL; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; SELF EFFICACY; SELF-REPORT; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 77949654544     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.11.013     Document Type: Article

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