Facilitating Asian students' critical thinking in online discussions

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-57

  Chiu, Yi Ching Jean ^a  

^a WENZAO URSULINE UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE MODELLING; CRITICAL THINKINGS; CULTURAL BOUNDARIES; ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGES; ONLINE DISCUSSIONS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; STUDENT LEADERSHIPS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 58049168417     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2008.00898.x     Document Type: Article

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