Is direct instruction an answer to the right question?

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-113

  Kuhn, Deanna ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

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EID: 34347345012     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00461520701263376     Document Type: Review

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