Critical Task Characteristics in Problem-Based Learning

Industry and Higher Education

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 347-357

  Otting, Hans ^a   Zwaal, Wichard ^a  

^a Christelijke Hogeschool   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

constructivism; problem based learning; task characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900639671     PISSN: 09504222     EISSN: 20436858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000006778702283     Document Type: Article

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