A project-based digital storytelling approach for improving students' learning motivation, problem-solving competence and learning achievement

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 368-379

  Hung, Chun Ming ^a   Hwang, Gwo Jen ^b   Huang, Iwen ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Digital storytelling; Elementary education; Learning motivation; Problem solving competence; Project based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873857029     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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