Small-Group Discussion in Physics: Peer Interaction Modes in Pairs and Fours

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1099-1114

  Alexopoulou, Evinella ^a   Driver, Rosalind ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001620625     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199612)33:10<1099::AID-TEA4>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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