Learner performance and attitudes in traditional versus simulated laboratory experiences

ASCILITE 2007 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 870-879

  Pyatt, Kevin ^a   Sims, Roderick ^b  

^a EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CAPELLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Achievement; Expository laboratories; Simulated laboratories

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION PROCESS; ACHIEVEMENT; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; QUANTITATIVE METHODOLOGY; SCIENCE COURSE;

ACCREDITATION; EDUCATION;

LABORATORIES;

EID: 84856717168     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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