Same old textbook? An evaluation metric for Web-based supplemental textbooks

Journal of Computing in Higher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 28-49

  Wright, Mary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

course planning; instructional technology; sociology; teaching and learning; textbooks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951935505     PISSN: 10421726     EISSN: 18671233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02940949     Document Type: Article

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