Influence of group formation choices on academic performance

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-40

  Seethamraju, Ravi ^a   Borman, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Group formation; Group work; Performance; Skills; Social cohesion; Task management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956283577     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930801895679     Document Type: Article

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