Gordon Pask's conversation theory: A domain independent constructivist model of human knowing

Foundations of Science

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 343-360

  Scott, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conversation theory; Epistemology; Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844430305     PISSN: 12331821     EISSN: 15728471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011667022540     Document Type: Article

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