Transactive memory in the classroom

Small Group Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 508-534

  Jackson, Marina ^a   Moreland, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Group performance; Socially shared cognition; Transactive memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349439031     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496409340703     Document Type: Article

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