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ERIC Number: EJ520757
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-1090-185X
Promoting an Electronic Community with the Use of Communication Technology in a Graduate Elementary Science Methods Class.
McGinnis, J. Randy
Journal of Elementary Science Education, v8 n1 p39-63 Win 1996
Documents and interprets the use of an electronic mail discussion group in a graduate elementary science education course (n=13). Feedback indicates that student interest in communication technology was piqued by the use of the discussion group and it enhanced communication and community formation. Instructor insights focus on the pedagogical and research implications. Contains 24 references. (Author/JRH)
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Mail, Elementary Education, Group Discussion, Internet, Preservice Teacher Education
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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