Unraveling the message quilt: A case-study examination of student interaction in computer-based communication assignments

Computers and Composition

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 211-229

  Vician, Chelley ^a   Brown, Susan A ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Computer based communication; Interaction coding; Pedagogy; Student instructor interaction; Student student interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011921670     PISSN: 87554615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8755-4615(00)00030-X     Document Type: Article

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