Tapping into Active Learning and Multiple Intelligences with Interactive Multimedia: A Low-Threshold Classroom Approach

College Teaching

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 78-84

  Schrand, Tom ^a  

^a PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

active learning; educational technology; learning styles; multimedia; multiple intelligences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945364308     PISSN: 87567555     EISSN: 19308299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/CTCH.56.2.78-84     Document Type: Article

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