Detangling the interrelationships between self-regulation and ill-structured problem solving in problem-based learning

Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Ge, Xun ^a   Law, Victor ^b   Huang, Kun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ill structured problem solving; Problem based learning; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012092922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7771/1541-5015.1622     Document Type: Article

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