Technology and learning at home: Findings from the evaluation of the Home Access Programme pilot

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 303-313

  Jewitt, C ^a   Parashar, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SQW Consulting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Home Access Programme; Internet connectivity; Low income households; Parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960221862     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2011.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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