Questioning styles and students' learning: Four case studies

Educational Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 531-548

  De Jesus, Helena Pedrosa ^a   Almeida, Patricia ^a   Watts, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 3042817641     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144341042000228889     Document Type: Article

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