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Teaching Curriculum with Technology: Enhancing Children's Technological Competence During Early Childhood

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  1. Transition to Teaching Program with Newport News Public Schools, Virginia, USA

    Belinda Gimbert

  2. Darden College of Education, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

    Dean Cristol

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Gimbert, B., Cristol, D. Teaching Curriculum with Technology: Enhancing Children's Technological Competence During Early Childhood. Early Childhood Education Journal 31, 207–216 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:ECEJ.0000012315.64687.ee

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