Exploring gender and gender pairing in the knowledge elaboration processes of students using computer-supported collaborative learning

Computers and Education

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 325-336

  Ding, N ^a   Bosker, R J ^a   Harskamp, E G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CSCL; Gender; Knowledge elaboration

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; CSCL; DYNAMIC PROCESS; GENDER; KNOWLEDGE ELABORATION; LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT; LEARNING PERFORMANCE; MULTI-LEVEL ANALYSIS; NEWTONIAN MECHANICS; ONLINE INTERACTION; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; STRUCTURED PROBLEMS;

CESIUM ALLOYS; MECHANICS; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 78149464881     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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