Reconsidering off-task: a comparative study of PDA-mediated activities in four classrooms...personal digital assistant
Mobile technology is ubiquitous and diverse and permeates many aspects of daily life at home, during leisure activities, and in public spaces. The study presented here is of two sixth grade classes in Michigan, USA and two seventh grade classes in Norway. The students and the teachers in these four...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 190 - 202 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jun2010
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