An investigation of middle school science teachers and students use of technology inside and outside of classrooms: considering whether digital natives are more technology savvy than their teachers

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 637-662

  Wang, Shiang Kwei ^a   Hsu, Hui Yin ^a   Campbell, Todd ^b   Coster, Daniel C ^c   Longhurst, Max ^d  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c Department of Mathematics and Statistics   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital natives; Information and communication technology (ICT); Middle school education; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920124358     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-014-9355-4     Document Type: Article

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