The effects of task and resource interdependence on achievement and social support: An exploratory study of italian children

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 343-360

  Bertucci, Andrea ^a,c   Johnson, David W ^b   Johnson, Roger T ^b   Conte, Stella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

academic support; cooperative learning; personal support; resource interdependence; task interdependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959234514     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2011.574167     Document Type: Article

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