Effect of live simulation on middle school students' attitudes and learning toward science

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-139

  Chen, Ching Huei ^a   Howard, Bruce ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^b WHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

And teaching practice; Science attitude; Simulation; Videoconferencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954293489     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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