Transforming and constructing academic knowledge through online peer feedback in summary writing

Computer Assisted Language Learning

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 683-702

  Yang, Yu Fen ^a  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

collaborative learning; knowledge construction; knowledge transformation; peer feedback; summary writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927925352     PISSN: 09588221     EISSN: 17443210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09588221.2015.1016440     Document Type: Article

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