Student perceptions of facilitators' social congruence, use of expertise and cognitive congruence in problem-based learning

Instructional Science

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 795-815

  Yew, Elaine H J ^a   Yong, Janice J Y ^b  

^a Republic Polytechnic   (Singapore)

^b SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cognitive congruence; Facilitation; Problem based learning; Social congruence; Student perception; Use of expertise

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905572360     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-013-9306-1     Document Type: Article

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