Exploration of peer-facilitator dynamics in two contrasting groups

Instructional Science

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 419-446

  Chen, Fei Ching ^a   Jiang, Huo Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Apprenticeship; Collaboration; Facilitation; Group dynamics; Sustainability; Threaded discourse; Zone of proximal development

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144261571     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-004-2275-7     Document Type: Article

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