Digital tools for Algebra education: Criteria and evaluation

International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-62

  Bokhove, Christian ^a   Drijvers, Paul ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Algebraic skills; Assessment; Evaluation instrument; ICT tools; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY STRUCTURE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DELPHI METHOD; DIGITAL TOOLS; EVALUATION INSTRUMENT; FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT; ICT-TOOLS; INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT; TOOL USE;

ALGEBRA; DECISION MAKING; DIGITAL DEVICES; INSTRUMENTS; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77953024737     PISSN: 13823892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10758-010-9162-x     Document Type: Article

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