The influence of personality on social participation in learning environments

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-144

  Caspi, Avner ^a   Chajut, Eran ^a   Saporta, Kelly ^a   Beyth Marom, Ruth ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Big Five; Classroom; Participation; Personality; Web based instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744918539     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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