Constructing a pragmatic science of learning and instruction with functional contextualism

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-36

  Fox, Eric J ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior analysis; Constructivism; Contextualism; Functional contextualism; World views

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645952015     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-006-6491-5     Document Type: Article

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