Teachers' and students' verbal behaviours during cooperative and small-group learning

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 271-287

  Gillies, Robyn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; TEACHING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PEER GROUP; STUDENTS; TEACHING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33745676323     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709905X52337     Document Type: Article

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