The types, frequency and quality of elementary pupils' questions in an online environment

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 325-335

  Hu, Hsin Wen ^a   Chiou, Guey Fa ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Online questioning; Question frequency; Question quality; Question stem; Question type

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867144556     PISSN: 13036521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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