Social processes and knowledge building during small group interaction in a school science project

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 161-179

  Arvaja, Maarit ^a   Häkkinen, Päivi ^a   Rasku Puttonen, Helena ^a   Eteläpelto, Anneli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Collaborative Learning; Peer Interaction; Science Learning; Social Processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142082580     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313830220142182     Document Type: Article

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