Technology as a classroom tool: Learning with laptop computers

Handbook of Research on Literacy in Technology at the K-12 Level

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 271-286

  Barron, Ann E ^a   Harmes, J Christine ^b   Kemker, Katherine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-494-1.ch015     Document Type: Chapter

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