The development of river city, a multi-user virtual environment-based scientific inquiry curriculum: Historical and design evolutions

Designs for Learning Environments of the Future: International Perspectives from the Learning Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 89-110

  Ketelhut, Diane Jass ^a   Clarke, Jody ^b   Nelson, Brian Carl ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design based research; Middle school; Scientific inquiry; Virtual environment; Virtual inquiry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892237778     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-88279-6_4     Document Type: Chapter

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