The effects of a web-based guided inquiry approach on students' achievement

Journal of Computers

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 38-43

  Umar, Irfan Naufal ^a   Maswan, Sajap ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b Tuanku Bainun Teacher Training Institute   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Guided inquiry; Web based learning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; STUDENTS; TEACHING; WEB CRAWLER; WEBSITES;

CONSTRUCTIVISM; EFFECTIVE LEARNING; FIELD INDEPENDENTS; GUIDED INQUIRY; LEARNING APPROACH; LEARNING MATERIALS; LEARNING PROCESS; WEB BASED LEARNING;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 77955658282     PISSN: 1796203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4304/jcp.2.5.38-43     Document Type: Article

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