Teachers' perceptions of thinking skills in the primary curriculum

Research in Education

Volumn , Issue 77, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Burke, Lynsey A ^a   Williams, Joanne M ^a   Skinner, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Primary curriculum; Teachers; Thinking skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547222999     PISSN: 00345237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7227/rie.77.1     Document Type: Article

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