An empirical assessment of cooperative groups in large, time-compressed, introductory courses

Innovative Higher Education

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 85-92

  Vreven, Dawn ^a   McFadden, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Compressed course; Introductory course; Large enrollment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249080868     PISSN: 07425627     EISSN: 15731758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10755-007-9040-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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