Technology use and acceptance in the classroom: Results from an exploratory survey study among secondary education teachers in the USA

Interactive Technology and Smart Education

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-134

  Holden, Heather ^a   Ozok, Ant ^a   Rada, Roy ^a  

^a Baltimore County   (United States)

Author keywords

Classrooms; Communication technologies; Secondary education; Teachers; Teaching; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992928846     PISSN: 17415659     EISSN: 17588510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17415650810880772     Document Type: Article

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