Making connections: Teachers' use of children's prior knowledge in whole class discourse

British Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 263-275

  Myhill, Debra ^a   Brackley, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Thomas A' Becket First School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Learning; National Literacy Strategy; National Numeracy Strategy; Whole class teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444304721     PISSN: 00071005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8527.2004.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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