Influences of socio-cultural interaction upon children's thinking and actions in prescribed and open-ended problem solving situations (an investigation involving design and technology lessons in English and Finnish primary schools)

International Journal of Technology and Design Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-41

  Järvinen, Esa Matti ^a   Twyford, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b School of Education   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DESIGN; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY;

DATA COLLECTION; SOCIOCULTURAL INTERACTION;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

EID: 0342757814     PISSN: 09577572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008996305565     Document Type: Article

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