Socio-cognitive dynamics of knowledge building in the work of 9- and 10-year-olds

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-145

  Zhang, Jianwei ^a   Scardamalia, Marlene ^a   Lamon, Mary ^b   Messina, Richard ^a   Reeve, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Lamon Teplovs Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collective responsibility; Conceptual change; Deep understanding; Inquiry threads; Knowledge building

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250812679     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-006-9019-0     Document Type: Article

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