WebQuests in special primary education: Learning in a web-based environment

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 801-810

  Kleemans, Tijs ^a   Segers, Eliane ^a   Droop, Mienke ^b   Wentink, Hanneke ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b National Center for Language Education   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT MAPS; FACTUAL KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING GAIN; MEAN AGES; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SPECIAL EDUCATION; WEB-BASED ENVIRONMENT; WEBQUEST; WEBQUESTS;

CURRICULA; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; USER INTERFACES;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 80051771413     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2010.01099.x     Document Type: Article

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