Reconsidering group cognition: From conceptual confusion to a boundary area between cognitive and socio-cultural perspectives?

Educational Research Review

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-63

  Akkerman, Sanne ^a   Van den Bossche, Piet ^b   Admiraal, Wilfried ^a   Gijselaers, Wim ^b   Segers, Mien ^b,c   Simons, Robert Jan ^a   Kirschner, Paul ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive perspective; Collective mind; Group; Socio cultural perspective; Team mental model

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247386327     PISSN: 1747938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.edurev.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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