Examining the relationships among collaborative learning, autonomy support, and student incivility in undergraduate classrooms

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 293-298

  Summers, Jessica J ^a   Bergin, David A ^b   Cole, James S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy support; Collaborative learning; Higher education; Incivility; Peer interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 64249100326     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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