The Role of Discourse in Group Knowledge Construction: A Case Study of Engineering Students

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 267-293

  Kittleson, Julie M ^a   Southerland, Sherry A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ENGINEERS; LINGUISTICS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; STUDENTS;

GROUP KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 1642348616     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20003     Document Type: Article

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