A genetic algorithm approach for group formation in collaborative learning considering multiple student characteristics

Computers and Education

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 560-569

  Moreno, Julián ^a   Ovalle, Demetrio A ^a   Vicari, Rosa M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Genetic algorithms; Group formation; Multi objective optimization

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; GENETIC ALGORITHM APPROACH; GROUP FORMATIONS; GROUPING PROBLEM; KEY PROCESS; MULTI OBJECTIVE; STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS; STUDENT KNOWLEDGE; STUDENT LEADERSHIP;

ESTIMATION; EXPERIMENTS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

STUDENTS;

EID: 80053372222     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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