Supporting communication in a collaborative discovery learning environment: The effect of instruction

Instructional Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-98

  Saab, Nadira ^a   Van Joolingen, Wouter R ^a   Van Hout Wolters, Bernadette H A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CMC; Collaborative discovery learning; Computer mediated communication; Instruction; Interactive learning environments; Simulations; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846280909     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-006-9003-4     Document Type: Article

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