Dealing with conflicts on knowledge in tutorial groups

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 215-230

  Aarnio, Matti ^a   Lindblom Ylänne, Sari ^a   Nieminen, Juha ^a   Pyörälä, Eeva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Conflicts on knowledge; Problem based learning; Tutorial discussions; Verbal interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876073779     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-012-9366-z     Document Type: Article

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