A study of group interaction processes in learning lower secondary physics

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 556-576

  Stamovlasis, Dimitrios ^a   Dimos, Andreas ^a   Tsaparlis, Georgios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS;

COOPERATIVE LEARNING (CL); GROUP INTERACTIONS; LEARNING FACILITATORS; SECONDARY PHYSICS;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33748300749     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20134     Document Type: Article

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