A review of constructivist learning methods with supporting tooling in ict higher education: Defining different types of scaffolding

Journal of Universal Computer Science

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 2334-2360

  Melero, Javier ^a   Hernández Leo, Davinia ^a   Blat, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Ict engineering education; Literature review; Scaffolding; Teaching and learning strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871632679     PISSN: 0948695X     EISSN: 09486968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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