Evaluation of the development of metacognitive knowledge supported by the knowcat system

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 787-799

  Pifarré, Manoli ^a   Cobos, Ruth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

CSCL; Knowledge construction; Metacognitive learning processes; Peer interaction; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450253475     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-009-9118-9     Document Type: Article

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