A model of successful adaptation to online learning for college-bound Native American high school students

Multicultural Education & Technology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 60-76

  Butler Kaler, Collier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance learning; e Learning; High Schools; Internet; Native Americans; Online learning; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862141454     PISSN: 1750497X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17504971211236245     Document Type: Article

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