Effects of gender grouping on students' group performance, individual achievements and attitudes in computer-supported collaborative learning

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 587-596

  Zhan, Zehui ^a,b   Fong, Patrick S W ^b   Mei, Hu ^a   Liang, Ting ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward instruction; Computer supported collaborative learning; Gender difference; Gender grouping; Group performance; Individual achievement

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; E-LEARNING; EDUCATION; STUDENTS;

ATTITUDES TOWARD INSTRUCTION; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; GENDER DIFFERENCES; GENDER GROUPING; GROUP PERFORMANCE; INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 84924164066     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.02.038     Document Type: Article

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