The Integration of Computer Technology in the Classroom

Children's Learning in a Digital World

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 272-297

  Mueller, Julie Lynn ^c   Wood, Eileen ^a   Willoughby, Teena ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Brock University ^*

Author keywords

Computer technology; Data manipulation; Eeducators; Secondary classrooms; Traditional worksheets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889444921     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470696682.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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