The effects of collaborative practice on statistical problem solving: Benefits and boundaries

Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 252-260

  Pociask, Sarah ^a   Rajaram, Suparna ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Learning; Memory; Repeated practice; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920579538     PISSN: 22113681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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