Investigating the relationship between transactive memory and performance in collaborative learning

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-54

  Michinov, Nicolas ^a   Michinov, Estelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Coordination; Credibility; Performance; Specialization; Transactive memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849116549     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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