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French and soviet experiments in computer literacy: parallels and contrasts

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The authors presented an earlier version of this paper at the AECT Annual Convention, Dallas, TX, February 4, 1989. J. Nicholls Eastmond is at Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-2830 and Stephen T. Kerr, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

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Nicholls Eastmond, J., Kerr, S.T. French and soviet experiments in computer literacy: parallels and contrasts. ETR&D 37, 81–91 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02307725

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