Collaborative problem solving in five-year-old children: Evidence of social facilitation and social loafing

Educational Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 577-596

  Arterberry, Martha E ^a,c   Cain, Kathleen M ^a   Chopko, Stephanie A ^b  

^a GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c Colby College   (United States)

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EID: 34848864540     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410701308755     Document Type: Article

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