Collaborative learning in higher education: lecturers’ practices and beliefs

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 232-247

  De Hei, Miranda Suzanna Angelique ^a   Strijbos, Jan Willem ^b   Sjoer, Ellen ^a,c   Admiraal, Wilfried ^d  

^a THE HAGUE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

beliefs; collaborative learning; higher education; instructional design; lecturers; practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922419534     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671522.2014.908407     Document Type: Article

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