The impact of learning styles on student grouping for collaborative learning: A case study

User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 377-401

  Alfonseca, Enrique ^a   Carro, Rosa M ^a   Martín, Estefanía ^a   Ortigosa, Alvaro ^a   Paredes, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation; CSCL; Group formation; Learning styles; User modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; DATA PROCESSING; STUDENTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; GROUP FORMATION; LEARNING STYLES; USER MODELING;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33749248884     PISSN: 09241868     EISSN: 15731391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11257-006-9012-7     Document Type: Article

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