Towards effective partnerships in a collaborative problem-solving task

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 581-596

  Schmitz, Megan J ^a   Winskel, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CHILD; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 57049174095     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709908X281619     Document Type: Article

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