Toward effective group formation in computer-supported collaborative learning

Interactive Learning Environments

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 382-395

  Sadeghi, Hamid ^a   Kardan, Ahmad A ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

binary integer programming; computer supported collaborative learning; cooperative learning; graph based modeling; group formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892763053     PISSN: 10494820     EISSN: 17445191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10494820.2013.851090     Document Type: Article

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