A method for supporting heterogeneous-group formation through heuristics and visualization

Journal of Universal Computer Science

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2882-2901

  Paredes, Pedro ^a   Ortigosa, Alvaro ^a   Rodriguez, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Authoring tool; Collaborative work; Group formation; Learning styles

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251497996     PISSN: 0958695X     EISSN: 09486968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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