Evaluating the extent of ill-structured problem solving process among pre-service teachers in an asynchronous online discussion and reflection log learning environment

Journal of Educational Computing Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 197-227

  Cheung, Wing Sum ^a,c   Hew, Khe Foon ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 4344595733     PISSN: 07356331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/9JTN-10T3-WTXH-P6HN     Document Type: Review

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