Creating Personal Meaning through Technology-Supported Science Inquiry Learning across Formal and Informal Settings

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 251-273

  Anastopoulou, Stamatina ^a   Sharples, Mike ^a   Ainsworth, Shaaron ^a   Crook, Charles ^a   O'Malley, Claire ^a   Wright, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design study; Inquiry based learning; Inquiry based teaching; Science education; Secondary school; Technology enhanced learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855943260     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2011.569958     Document Type: Article

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