Enhancing collaborative learning through dynamic forms of support: The impact of an adaptive domain-specific support strategy

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 243-258

  Karakostas, A ^a   Demetriadis, S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adaptive collaboration support; Collaboration scripts; Computer supported collaborative learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953906202     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2010.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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