A novel justice-based linear model for optimal learner group formation in computer-supported collaborative learning environments

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 436-447

  Sadeghi, Hamid ^a   Kardan, Ahmad A ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL); Justice based learner group formation; Learning communities; Modeling; Optimal solution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; E-LEARNING; HEURISTIC METHODS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MODELS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

BINARY INTEGER PROGRAMMING; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COLLABORATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; GROUP FORMATIONS; LEARNING COMMUNITY; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; STUDENT SATISFACTION;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84923342390     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.01.020     Document Type: Article

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