Methodological challenges for collaborative learning research

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 389-393

  Strijbos, Jan Willem ^a   Fischer, Frank ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL); Cooperative Learning; Description standards; Methodology; Process Analyses

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249907057     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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