The role of the task and reward structure in cooperative learning

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 529-542

  Vedder, Paul ^a   Veendrick, Annemarie ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooperative learning; Primary school; Reward structure; Task structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645698656     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0031383032000122444     Document Type: Article

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