Combining handhelds with a whole-class display to support the learning of scientific control

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 882-883

  Moher, Tom ^a   Ding, Xun ^a   Wiley, Jennifer ^b   Conmy, Diane ^c   Hussain, Syeda ^a   Singh, Preeti ^a   Srinivasan, Vasisht ^a  

^a University of Illinois   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Abraham Lincoln Elementary School   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom technologies; Inquiry learning; Scientific control; Shared displays; Wireless handhelds

Indexed keywords

CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY; HANDHELDS; INQUIRY LEARNING; SCIENTIFIC CONTROL; SHARED DISPLAYS;

PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 84869012797     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/765891.766048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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