Laptops in the K-12 classrooms: Exploring factors impacting instructional use

Computers and Education

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 937-944

  Inan, Fethi A ^a   Lowther, Deborah L ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer use in education; Laptop initiatives; One to one computing; Teacher readiness, Teacher beliefs, path analysis; Technology integration

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER USE; COMPUTER USE IN EDUCATION; PATH ANALYSIS; TEACHER BELIEFS; TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION;

EMPLOYMENT; INTEGRATION; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; TECHNOLOGY;

TEACHING;

EID: 77955556897     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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