Direct and activating instruction: Evaluation of a preservice course

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 197-225

  Veenman, Simon ^a   Denessen, Eddie ^a   Van den Oord, Ingrid ^a   Naafs, Ferdy ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Cooperative learning; Direct instruction; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038148766     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: 19400683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220970309602063     Document Type: Article

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