Reason and creativity in classroom dialogues

Language and Education

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-237

  Wegerif, Rupert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Creativity; Dialogue; Primary; Reason; Thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 20344401303     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500780508668676     Document Type: Article

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