Students' knowledge about the value of discussions for teaching and learning

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-115

  Askell Williams, Helen ^a   Lawson, Michael J ^a  

^a School of Education   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discussion; Learning; Social constructivism; Students' pedagogical knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 16244397042     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-004-5489-2     Document Type: Article

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