The investigation of peer assessment in primary school cooperative learning groups with respect to gender

Education 3-13

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-169

  Yurdabakan, Irfan ^a  

^a Eylul University   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Cooperative learning; Gender; Peer assessment; Primary school

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953899244     PISSN: 03004279     EISSN: 14757575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004270903313608     Document Type: Article

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