The effect of expertise on collaborative problem solving

Thinking and Reasoning

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-58

  Nokes Malach, Timothy J ^a   Meade, Michelle L ^b   Morrow, Daniel G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative inhibition; Collaborative success; Decision making; Expertise; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858590361     PISSN: 13546783     EISSN: 14640708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546783.2011.642206     Document Type: Article

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