A critical review of research on questioning in education: Limitations of its positivistic basis

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 195-204

  Yang, Mikyeong ^a  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adjunct questions in prose material; Learner's questioning; Positivism; Questioning in education; Teacher's questioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847139371     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03031543     Document Type: Review

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