Exploratory talk, argumentation and reasoning in Mexican primary school children

Language and Education

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 539-557

  Rojas Drummond, Sylvia ^a   Zapata, Margarita Peon ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

ARGUMENTATION; Exploratory talk; Linguistic training; Primary school children; PROBLEM SOLVING

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750705377     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500780408666900     Document Type: Article

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