Identifying and measuring individual engagement in critical thinking in online discussions: An exploratory case study

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 298-307

  Perkins, Cheryl ^a   Murphy, Elizabeth ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Critical thinking; Distance learning; Online asynchronous discussion

Indexed keywords

EID: 32144438877     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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