The role of task design and argumentation in cognitive development during peer interaction: The case of proportional reasoning

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 510-531

  Schwarz, Baruch B ^a   Linchevski, Liora ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Argumentation; Conceptual change and social interactions; Proportional reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048936958     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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