A comparison of the influence of interactive cd-rom storybooks and traditional print storybooks on reading comprehension

Journal of Research on Computing in Education

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 263-275

  Matthew, Kathryn ^a  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CD ROMs; Electronic text; Reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007840112     PISSN: 08886504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08886504.1997.10782198     Document Type: Article

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