iPads in early education: Separating assumptions and evidence

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Kucirkova, Natalia ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apps; Design based research; Early education; Early literacy; iPads

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904726179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00715     Document Type: Note

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