Students' experiences of active engagement through cooperative learning activities in lectures

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-33

  Cavanagh, Michael ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cooperative learning; engagement; lecturing; mathematics education; teaching styles

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953248897     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: 17412625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787410387724     Document Type: Article

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