Constructing knowledge with an agent-based instructional program: A comparison of cooperative and individual meaning making

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 433-444

  Moreno, Roxana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based instruction; Cooperative learning; Individual learning; Knowledge construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 67449102309     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2009.02.018     Document Type: Article

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