A study of the effectiveness of the louisiana algebra i online course

Journal of Research on Technology in Education

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 289-306

  O'dwyer, Laura M ^a   Carey, Rebecca ^b   Kleiman, Glenn ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EDC   (United States)

Author keywords

Algebra I; Distance learning; Online learning; Virtual earning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008770593     PISSN: 15391523     EISSN: 19450818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15391523.2007.10782484     Document Type: Article

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