Students' conceptions of distinct constructivist assumptions

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-199

  Loyens, Sofie M M ^a   Rikers, Remy M J P ^a   Schmidt, Henk G ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conceptions of learning; Constructivism; Cooperative learning; Knowledge construction; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34648870560     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173521     Document Type: Article

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