Cognitive ability and the instructional efficacy of collaborative concept mapping

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 536-543

  Haugwitz, Marion ^a   Nesbit, John C ^b   Sandmann, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Concept maps; Interaction; Science; Summarisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956268667     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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