Learning Teams Students and the College E-Mail Culture.

Windschitl, Mark; Lesehm-Ackerman, Adah

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Publication Date: 1997

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Learning Teams Students and the College E-Mail Culture.

Windschitl, Mark; Lesehm-Ackerman, Adah

Journal of the Freshman Year Experience & Students in Transition, v9 n2 p53-82 1997

A study investigated electronic mail use in three groups of freshman biology students: learning team members with laptop computers and e-mail support provided; learning team members without personal computers but with e-mail support; and students not in learning teams, with no personal computers. Results indicate e-mail use promoted cohesiveness among learning team members with laptops. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Access to Computers, Biology, College Freshmen, College Students, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Mail, Group Dynamics, Higher Education, Microcomputers, Science Instruction, Student Behavior, Student Experience, Teamwork

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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