Analysing students' shared activity while modeling a biological process in a computer-supported educational environment

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 158-168

  Ergazaki, M ^a   Zogza, V ^a   Komis, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Collaborative modeling; Computer supported modeling; Modeling activity; Modeling patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247592990     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2006.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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