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Navigated learning: An approach for differentiated classroom instruction built on learning science and data science foundations
- Award ID(s):
- 2125844
- PAR ID:
- 10569420
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies
- Volume:
- 2
- Issue:
- 1
- ISSN:
- 2578-1863
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 93 to 105
- Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
- academic adolescents artificial intelligence, big data collaborative learning e-learning
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- Journal Article:
- https://doi.org/10.1002/hbe2.169
