Electronic textiles as disruptive designs: Supporting and challeng ing maker activities in schools

Harvard Educational Review

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 532-556

  Kafai, Yasmin B ^a   Fields, Deborah A ^b   Searle, Kristin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84919359968     PISSN: 00178055     EISSN: 19435045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17763/haer.84.4.46m7372370214783     Document Type: Article

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