The GlobalEd Project: Gender differences in a problem-based learning environment of international negotiations

Instructional Science

Volumn 31, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 255-276

  Brown, Scott W ^a   Boyer, Mark A ^a   Mayall, Hayley J ^b   Johnson, Paula R ^a   Meng, Lin ^a   Butler, Michael J ^a   Weir, Kimberly ^a   Florea, Natalie ^a   Hernandez, Magnolia ^a   Reis, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038505948     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024677708501     Document Type: Article

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