Superiority of collaborative learning with complex tasks: A research note on an alternative affective explanation

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-57

  Kirschner, Femke ^a,b   Paas, Fred ^a,b   Kirschner, Paul A ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive load theory; Collaborative learning; Efficacy; Individual learning; Learning efficiency

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE LOAD THEORY; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; EFFICACY; INDIVIDUAL LEARNING; LEARNING EFFICIENCY;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 78449312790     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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