Examining the technological pedagogical content knowledge of Singapore pre-service teachers with a large-scale survey

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 563-573

  Koh, J H L ^a   Chai, C S ^a   Tsai, C C ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Pre service teachers; Survey; Technological pedagogical content knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649626440     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2010.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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