Solving ill-structured problems in asynchronous online discussions: Built-in scaffolds vs. no scaffolds

Interactive Learning Environments

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-134

  Ng, Connie Siew Ling ^a   Cheung, Wing Sum ^a   Hew, Khe Foon ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ill structured problem solving; Message labels; References; Scaffolding; Sentence openers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952575499     PISSN: 10494820     EISSN: 17445191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10494820802337629     Document Type: Article

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