Integrating Wikis in the Support and Practice of Historical Analysis Skills

TechTrends

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 38-48

  Cabiness, Catherine ^a   Donovan, Loretta ^b   Green, Tim D ^b  

^a Department of 7 12 Instructional Services   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Critical thinking; Higher order thinking skills; Historical analysis skills; Wikis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892957417     PISSN: 87563894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11528-013-0700-y     Document Type: Article

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