Student capabilities and attitudes towards ICT in the early years

Australian Educational Computing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-24

  Sweeney, Trudy ^a   Geer, Ruth ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 79952853840     PISSN: 08169020     EISSN: 08169020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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