Effects of "creativity-based activities within a group" based on instructional material development on teacher candidates' achievement

Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 191-200

  Yelken, Tugba Yanpar ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Creativity; Group works; Instructional material development; Instructional technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861148818     PISSN: 13087711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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