When high achievers and low achievers work in the same group: The roles of group heterogeneity and processes in project-based learning

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-221

  Cheng, Rebecca Wing Yi ^a,b   Lam, Shui Fong ^a   Chan, Joanne Chung Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; GROUP STRUCTURE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; GROUP STRUCTURE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 46249101253     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709907X218160     Document Type: Article

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