Kindergartners' conversations in a computer-based technology classroom

Communication Education

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 118-135

  Hyun, Eunsook ^a   Davis, Genevieve ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's Conversational Competence; Classroom Discourse Analysis; Kindergarten; Technology Rich Classroom

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644980316     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520500213397     Document Type: Article

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