How groups learn: Implications for collaborative work in science

Asia-Pacific Education Researcher

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-245

  Yeo, Jennifer ^a   Tan, Seng Chee ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Meaning making; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052542558     PISSN: 01195646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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