Effects of an educational computing course on preservice and inservice teachers: A discussion and analysis of attitudes and use

Journal of Research on Computing in Education

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 479-495

  Yildirim, Soner ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward computers; Preservice and inservice teacher education; Preservice technology training

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010569187     PISSN: 08886504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08886504.2000.10782293     Document Type: Article

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