Designing 'educationally effective' discussion

Language and Education

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 342-359

  Swann, Joan ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curriculum intervention; Language in context; Language in interaction; Small group discussion; Talk and learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 37049003423     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/le702.0     Document Type: Article

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