Critical thinking in E-learning environments
Abstract: One of the primary aims of higher education in today’s information technology enabled classroom is to make students more active in the learning process. The intended outcome of this increased IT-facilitated student engagement is to foster important skills such as critical thinking used in...
| Publicado en: | Computers in Human Behavior Vol. 28; no. 5; pp. 1608 - 1618 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Sep2012
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