University students' attitudes about learning in small groups after frequent participation

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-20

  Hillyard, Cinnamon ^a   Gillespie, Diane ^a   Littig, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Frequency of groups; Small groups; University students' attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749283040     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: 17412625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787409355867     Document Type: Article

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