How group dynamics research can inform the theory and practice of postsecondary small group learning

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-47

  Sweet, Michael ^a   Michaelsen, Larry K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Group development; Postsecondary; Team Based Learning (TBL)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847314600     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: 1573336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10648-006-9035-y     Document Type: Review

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