Mediating team effectiveness in the context of collaborative learning: The importance of team and task awareness

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1103-1113

  Fransen, Jos ^a   Kirschner, Paul A ^b   Erkens, Gijsbert ^c  

^a INHOLLAND UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Awareness; Collaborative learning; Higher education; Learning team; Team effectiveness

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; HIGHER EDUCATION; LEARNING TEAM; TEAM EFFECTIVENESS;

MANAGEMENT;

EDUCATION;

EID: 79952193191     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.05.017     Document Type: Article

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