Children "scientists" know the reasons why and they are "poets" too. Non-randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a strategy aimed at improving the learning of scientific concepts

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 343-362

  Bigozzi, Lucia ^a   Biggeri, Annibale ^b   Boschi, Filippo ^a   Conti, Paola ^c   Fiorentini, Carlo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Department of Statistics G Parenti ^*  (Italy)

^c Ctr Democratic Initiative Teach F   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning in classroom discussions; Instructional strategies; Science education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036993933     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173590     Document Type: Article

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