The study on integrating WebQuest with mobile learning for environmental education

Computers and Education

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1228-1239

  Chang, Cheng Sian ^a   Chen, Tzung Shi ^a   Hsu, Wei Hsiang ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

^b Dawan Elementary School   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elementary education; Improving classroom teaching; teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

BROKEN DOWN; CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; IMPROVING CLASSROOM TEACHING; KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE; LEARNING ACTIVITY; LEARNING CONTENTS; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LEARNING PERFORMANCE; LEARNING TASKS; MOBILE LEARNING; PUBLIC NETWORKS; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; REAL SITUATION; RESOURCE RECYCLING; SMARTPHONES; TABLET PERSONAL COMPUTERS; TEACHING AND LEARNING; TEACHING STRATEGY; TEACHING TOOLS; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGIES; TRADITIONAL INSTRUCTION; WEBQUEST;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; E-LEARNING; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 79751535677     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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