The relationship between students' small group activities, time spent on self-study, and achievement

Higher Education

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 385-397

  Kamp, Rachelle J A ^a   Dolmans, Diana H J M ^a   van Berkel, Henk J M ^a   Schmidt, Henk G ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Achievement; Group processes; Problem based learning; Self study time; Small group activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863553587     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-011-9500-5     Document Type: Article

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