Moments of joy: Student engagement and conceptual learning in the design of hypermedia documents

Journal of Research on Technology in Education

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 402-422

  Chen, Pearl ^a   McGrath, Diane ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual learning; Constructivism; Engagement; Hypermedia; Knowledge construction; Project based learning; Science; Secondary

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007850936     PISSN: 15391523     EISSN: 19450818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15391523.2003.10782393     Document Type: Article

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