When does gender matter? Interactions during computer-based problem solving

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 447-462

  Underwood, Jean ^a,b   Underwood, Geoffrey ^b   Wood, David ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Gender; Group work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034288950     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0959-4752(00)00008-6     Document Type: Article

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