A sociocultural perspective on mediated activity in third grade science

Cultural Studies of Science Education

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 467-495

  Reveles, John M ^a   Kelly, Gregory J ^b   Durán, Richard P ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity theory; Discourse analysis; Educator; Psychological tools; Sociocultural studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846503327     PISSN: 18711502     EISSN: 18711510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11422-006-9019-8     Document Type: Article

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