Effective teacher ↔ student dialogue: A model from biological education

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 110-113

  Kinchin, Ian M ^a,b,c  

^a Tormead School   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept of Sciences at Tormead School ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concept mapping; Conceptual change; Constructivist teaching; Visual learning tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037929523     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2003.9655864     Document Type: Review

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