Multimedia science projects: Seven case studies

Journal of Research on Computing in Education

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-37

  McGrath, Diane ^a   Cumaranatunge, Chandima ^a   Ji, Misook ^a   Chen, Huiping ^a   Broce, Winston ^a   Wright, Kathleen ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Gender; Multimedia; Projects; Science education

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007839987     PISSN: 08886504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08886504.1997.10782211     Document Type: Article

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