Social interaction in upper secondary physics classrooms in Finland and Norway: A survey of students' expectations

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-101

  Lavonen, Jari ^a   Angell, Carl ^b   Bymen, Reijo ^a   Henriksen, Ellen ^b   Koponen, Ismo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Interest; Science education; Social interaction; Teaching method

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847114881     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313830601079082     Document Type: Article

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