Collaborative learning in engineering students: Gender and achievement

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 475-497

  Stump, Glenda S ^a   Hilpert, Jonathan C ^b   Husman, Jenefer ^a   Chung, Wen Ting ^a   Kim, Wonsik ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Collaborative learning; Gender

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

ACHIEVEMENT; BIVARIATE CORRELATIONS; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIES; ENGINEERING CURRICULUM; GENDER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE ABILITIES;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 80051484098     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2011.tb00023.x     Document Type: Article

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