Learning strategies in online collaborative examinations

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-78

  Shen, Jia ^a   Hiltz, Starr Roxanne ^b   Bieber, Micheal ^b  

^a RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative examinations; Collaborative learning; Deep learning; Online learning; Peer assessment; Surface learning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DATA REDUCTION; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

COLLABORATIVE EXAMINATIONS; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; DEEP LEARNING; ONLINE LEARNING; PEER ASSESSMENT; SURFACE LEARNING;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 41649096749     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2007.2000053     Document Type: Article

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