Perceptions and experiences of, and outcomes for, university students in culturally diversified dyads in a computer-supported collaborative learning environment

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 186-200

  Popov, Vitaliy ^a   Noroozi, Omid ^a   Barrett, Jennifer B ^a   Biemans, Harm J A ^a   Teasley, Stephanie D ^b   Slof, Bert ^c   Mulder, Martin ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer supported collaborative learning; Cultural diversity; Higher education; Multicultural groups

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HIGHER EDUCATION; INTERCULTURAL LEARNING; INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS; MULTICULTURAL GROUPS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84891666365     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.12.008     Document Type: Article

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