Fostering geospatial thinking in science education through a customisable smartphone application

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 160-170

  Price, Sara ^a   Davies, Paul ^a   Farr, William ^a   Jewitt, Carey ^a   Roussos, George ^b   Sin, George ^c  

^a Institute of Education   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MOBILE TECHNOLOGY; SCIENCE EDUCATION; SCIENCE TEACHERS; SMART-PHONE APPLICATIONS; TEACHING AND LEARNING; WAYS OF THINKING;

APPLICATIONS; CURRICULA;

TEACHING;

EID: 84892931240     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjet.12000     Document Type: Article

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