Peer mediation: The effects of program intervention, maths level, and verbal ability on mediation style and improvement in maths problem solving

School Psychology International

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 209-231

  Shamir, Adina ^a   Tzuriel, David ^a   Rozen, Merav ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Intervention; Maths; Peer mediations; Self mediation; Vygotsky

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645658365     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: 14617374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034306064548     Document Type: Article

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