When collaborative PBL meets e-learning: How does it improve the professional development of critical-thinking instruction?

E-Learning: 21st Century Issues and Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 155-175

  Yeh, Yu Chu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blended learning; Collaborative PBL; Critical thinking skills; E learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892969961     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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