Children’s Talk in Classroom Discussions

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 113-136

  Orsolini, Margherita ^a   Pontecorvo, Clotilde ^b  

^a Department of Medicine University of Chieti   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 0000594094     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: 1532690X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532690xci0902_2     Document Type: Article

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