An analysis of the primary school teachers' usage of instructional software

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-53

  Kazu, Ibrahim Yasar ^a   Yavuzalp, Nuh ^b  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Republic of Turkey Ministry of National Education   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computer technology; Information and communication technology; Instructional software; Primary school teachers

Indexed keywords

TEACHING;

CITY CENTERS; COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY; DESCRIPTIVE STUDIES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE; PRIMARY SCHOOLS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 84857015929     PISSN: 18688799     EISSN: 18630383     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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