Parents' perceptions of educational programmable bricks for kids

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Feng, Han Chuan ^a   Lin, Chun Hung ^a   Liu, Eric Zhi Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; T-TESTS;

BRICK; BRICKMAKING; EDUCATION; RATING;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

EID: 79951872012     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2010.01158.x     Document Type: Article

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