Reconsidering off-task: A comparative study of PDA-mediated activities in four classrooms

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 190-201

  Mifsud, L ^a   Morch A I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Classroom study; Mediating artefacts; Mobile technologies; Off task activities; Socio cultural perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955389735     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2010.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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