Using a Facebook Group As an Educational Tool: Effects on Student Achievement

Computers in the Schools

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 229-247

  O'Bannon, Blanche W ^a   Beard, Jeffrey L ^a   Britt, Virginia G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; social learning; social networking; teacher education

Indexed keywords

COURSE ASSESSMENT; EDUCATIONAL TOOLS; ENHANCED LEARNING; FACEBOOK; PRE-SERVICE TEACHER; SOCIAL LEARNING; STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT; TEACHER EDUCATION;

TEACHING;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84884328266     PISSN: 07380569     EISSN: 15287033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07380569.2013.805972     Document Type: Article

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