Investigating students' critical thinking in weblogs: An exploratory study in a Singapore secondary school

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 541-551

  Wang, Qiyun ^a   Woo, Huay Lit ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Critical thinking; ICT; Web 2.0; Weblog

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049293682     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12564-010-9101-5     Document Type: Article

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