Computers and the academic performance of elementary school-aged girls in China's poor communities

Computers and Education

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 335-346

  Yang, Yihua ^a   Zhang, Linxiu ^b   Zeng, Junxia ^c   Pang, Xiaopeng ^c   Lai, Fang ^d,e   Rozelle, Scott ^d  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Country specific developments; Elementary education; Evaluation of CAL systems; Gender studies; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

COUNTRY-SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; EVALUATION OF CAL SYSTEMS; GENDER STUDIES; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY;

LAPTOP COMPUTERS; RURAL AREAS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 84868317391     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2012.08.011     Document Type: Article

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