Measuring creative potential: Using social network analysis to monitor a learners' creative capacity

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 924-942

  Dawson, Shane ^a   Tan, Jennifer Pei Ling ^b   McWilliam, Erica ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b International Baccalaureate   (Singapore)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 81355135161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14495554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14742/ajet.921     Document Type: Article

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