The purpose and value for students of PBL groups for learning

Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 19-32

  Skinner, Vicki J ^a   Braunack Mayer, Annette ^a   Winning, Tracey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Collaborative learning; Epistemologies; Ethnography; Group work; Problem based learning; Qualitative research; Student perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936757854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7771/1541-5015.1499     Document Type: Article

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