Systematic review of adaptive learning research designs, context, strategies, and technologies from 2009 to 2018

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2020, Pages 1903-1929

  Martin, Florence ^a   Chen, Yan ^b   Moore, Robert L ^c   Westine, Carl D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive learning; Adaptive source; Adaptive strategy; Adaptive target; Adaptive technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85086704320     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-020-09793-2     Document Type: Article

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