Boys' and girls' conversational participation across four grade levels in Norwegian classrooms: Taking the floor or being given the floor?

Gender and Education

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 237-252

  Aukrust, Vibeke GrØver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Classroom conversation; Conversational participation; Grade level; Pupil gender; Teacher gender; Turn allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149123793     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540250802000413     Document Type: Article

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