Integrating computer- and teacher-based scaffolds in science inquiry

Computers and Education

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2352-2363

  Wu, Hui Ling ^a,b   Pedersen, Susan ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 643 Harrington Office Building ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Applications in subject areas; Improving classroom teaching; Interactive learning environments; Multimedia hypermedia systems; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS IN SUBJECT AREAS; IMPROVING CLASSROOM TEACHING; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; MULTIMEDIA/HYPERMEDIA SYSTEMS; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGIES;

SCAFFOLDS; TEACHING; USER INTERFACES;

STUDENTS;

EID: 79960654814     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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