Collateral benefits of an interactive literacy program for grade 1 and 2 students

Journal of Research on Computing in Education

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 219-234

  Ross, John A ^a   Hogaboam Gray, Anne ^a   Hannay, Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer attitudes; Computer use; Grade 1; Grade 2; Self eficacy; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010572362     PISSN: 08886504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08886504.2001.10782311     Document Type: Article

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