Aptitude by treatment interactions and matthew effects in graduate-level cooperative-learning groups

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 217-230

  Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J ^a   Elbedour, Salman ^a   Collins, Kathleen M T ^b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aptitude by treatment interaction; Cooperative learning; Group heterogeneity; Group homogeneity; Matthew effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038672110     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220670309598811     Document Type: Article

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