Collaboration and discourse while programming the KidSim microworld simulation

Computers and Education

Volumn 26, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 143-151

  Underwood, Geoffrey ^a   Underwood, Jean ^a,b   Pheasey, Karen ^a   Gilmore, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0003262919     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-1315(95)00071-2     Document Type: Article

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