The effect of a new approach to group work on pupil-pupil and teacher-pupil interactions

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 750-765

  Blatchford, Peter ^a,c   Baines, Ed ^a,c   Rubie Davies, Christine ^b   Bassett, Paul ^a,c   Chowne, Anne ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classroom engagement; Group work; Pedagogy; Peer interaction; Teacher pupil interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750972032     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.98.4.750     Document Type: Article

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