Supporting middle school students' online reading of scientific resources: Moving beyond cursory, fragmented, and opportunistic reading

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 138-152

  Zhang, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Information literacy; Online learning; Pedagogy; Science education; Technology based scaffolding strategies; Web based resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874956565     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2012.00478.x     Document Type: Article

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