Team-based complex problem solving: A collective cognition perspective

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 365-384

  Hung, Woei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Collective cognition; Complex problem solving; Team performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878114285     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-013-9296-3     Document Type: Article

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