Promoting thinking and conceptual change with digital dialogue games

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 453-465

  Ravenscroft, A ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argumentative practices; Conceptual development; Dialogue; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 35649019188     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2007.00232.x     Document Type: Article

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