Understanding tutor learning: Knowledge-building and knowledge-telling in peer tutors' explanations and questions

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 534-574

  Roscoe, Rod D ^a   Chi, Michelene T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Explaining; Knowledge building; Learning strategies; Metacognition; Peer tutoring; Questioning; Tutor learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 37049021371     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654307309920     Document Type: Article

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