Collaboration, creativity and the co-construction of oral and written texts

Thinking Skills and Creativity

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 177-191

  Rojas Drummond, S M ^a   Albarran C D ^a   Littleton, K S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Creativity; ICT; Literacy; Oracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 56949096139     PISSN: 18711871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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