A teacher's mediation of a thinking-aloud discussion in a 6th grade mathematics classroom

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-202

  Zolkower, Betina ^a   Shreyar, Sam ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Interpersonal plane of learning; Mathematics discussion; Teacher mediation; Text; Verbal semiotic mediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846706436     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-006-9046-0     Document Type: Article

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