The answer is only the beginning: Extended discourse in Chinese and U.S. mathematics classrooms

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 380-396

  Schleppenbach, Meg ^a   Perry, Michelle ^b   Miller, Kevin F ^b   Sims, Linda ^a   Fang, Ge ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese and U.S. elementary classrooms; Classroom discourse; Elementary mathematics learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248660828     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.99.2.380     Document Type: Article

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