Experience of cooperative learning in engineering

European Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-19

  Maceiras, Rocio ^a   Cancela, Angeles ^a   Urréjola, Santiago ^a   Sánchez, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemical engineering; Cooperative learning; Jigsaw; Learning method

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951686429     PISSN: 03043797     EISSN: 14695898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03043797.2010.518232     Document Type: Article

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