Small Groups, Significant Impact: A Review of Peer-Led Team Learning Research with Implications for STEM Education Researchers and Faculty

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1686-1702

  Wilson, Sarah Beth ^a   Varma Nelson, Pratibha ^b  

^a ROSE HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative Cooperative Learning; Constructivism; Distance Learning; First Year Undergraduate General; Philosophy; Second Year Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991239723     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b00862     Document Type: Review

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