An automatic group composition system for composing collaborative learning groups using enhanced particle swarm optimization

Computers and Education

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1483-1493

  Lin, Yen Ting ^a   Huang, Yueh Min ^a   Cheng, Shu Chen ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cooperative collaborative learning; Evaluation methodologies; Public spaces and computing

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING PROCESS; COOPERATIVE/COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; ENHANCED PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION; EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES; GROUP COMPOSITION; LEARNING PERFORMANCE; PUBLIC SPACES AND COMPUTING; ROBUST METHODS; UNDERSTANDING LEVEL;

STUDENTS;

PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO);

EID: 77956263657     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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