The educational impact of team-skills training: Preparing students to work in groups

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 119-140

  Prichard, Jane S ^a   Bizo, Lewis A ^a   Stratford, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STUDENT; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 33645293478     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709904X24564     Document Type: Article

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