Does the discussion help? the impact of a formally assessed online discussion on final student results

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 847-858

  Palmer, Stuart ^a   Holt, Dale ^a   Bray, Sharyn ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROCESSING; FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS; TECHNOLOGY;

ACADEMIC ABILITIES; ASYNCHRONOUS DISCUSSIONS; CASE STUDIES; COURSE PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ONLINE DISCUSSIONS; STUDENT LEARNING; STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES; UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING;

TEACHING;

EID: 49749152799     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2007.00780.x     Document Type: Article

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