Talk and the development of reasoning and understanding

Human Development

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-100

  Mercer, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Reasoning; Talk; Teacher pupil interaction; Vygotsky

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH; STUDENT; TEACHER; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 40049084336     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113158     Document Type: Review

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