Exploring the influence of homogeneous versus heterogeneous grouping on students’ text-based discussions and comprehension

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue , 2017, Pages 336-355

  Murphy, P Karen ^a   Greene, Jeffrey A ^b   Firetto, Carla M ^a   Li, Mengyi ^a   Lobczowski, Nikki G ^b   Duke, Rebekah F ^b   Wei, Liwei ^a   Croninger, Rachel M V ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 85029491192     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2017.09.003     Document Type: Article

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