The experience of constructivism: Transforming teacher epistemology

Journal of Research on Computing in Education

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 455-465

  Howard, Bruce C ^a   McGee, Steven ^a   Schwartz, Neil ^b   Purcell, Steve ^c  

^a WHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Nature ofknowledge; Teacher beliefs; Teacher epistemology; Teacher training; Teaching approaches; Technology training

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010569185     PISSN: 08886504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08886504.2000.10782291     Document Type: Article

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