Learning to collaborate: Can young children develop better communication strategies through collaboration with a more popular peer

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 389-404

  Murphy, Suzanne ^a   Faulkner, Dorothy ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Collaborative learning; Gender; Popularity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034345628     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03172983     Document Type: Article

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