Implementing clickers to assist learning in science lectures: The clicker-assisted conceptual change model

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 979-996

  Lin, Yi Chun ^a   Liu, Tzu Chien ^a   Chu, Ching Chi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 81355139389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14495554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14742/ajet.924     Document Type: Article

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