A hybrid approach to promoting students' web-based problem-solving competence and learning attitude

Computers and Education

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 351-364

  Kuo, Fan Ray ^a   Hwang, Gwo Jen ^b   Lee, Chun Chia ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Applications in subject areas; Elementary education; Interactive learning environments; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS IN SUBJECT AREAS; COGNITIVE APPRENTICESHIP; COGNITIVE LOADS; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; EFFECTIVE LEARNING; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; HYBRID APPROACH; HYBRID LEARNING; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING ABILITIES; LEARNING ATTITUDES; PROBLEM-SOLVING PERFORMANCE; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGIES;

EDUCATION COMPUTING; STUDENTS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 81755185480     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2011.09.020     Document Type: Article

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