Developing classroom talk through practitioner research

Educational Action Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-60

  Thompson, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classroom talk; Formative evaluation; Practitioner research

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248646550     PISSN: 09650792     EISSN: 17475074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09650790601150816     Document Type: Article

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