Developing students' metacognitive awareness in asynchronous learning networks in comparison to face-to-face discussion groups

Journal of Educational Computing Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 395-424

  Michalsky, Tova ^a   Zion, Michal ^a   Mevarech, Zemira R ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 34547531556     PISSN: 07356331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/320V-8H4W-1123-44R6     Document Type: Article

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