Investigating children's deep learning of the tree life cycle using mobile technologies

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 87, Issue , 2018, Pages 470-479

  Choi, Gi Woong ^a   Land, Susan M ^a   Zimmerman, Heather Toomey ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational affordance; Informal learning; Mobile learning; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEEP LEARNING; E-LEARNING; FORESTRY; LIFE CYCLE;

AFFORDANCES; EXTERNAL REPRESENTATIONS; INFORMAL LEARNING; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MOBILE LEARNING; MOBILE TECHNOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME DECISION-MAKING;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIFE CYCLE; MOBILE APPLICATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SUMMER; TABLET; TREE OF LIFE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 85049927163     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2018.04.020     Document Type: Article

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