Software-realized inquiry support for cultivating a disciplinary stance

Pragmatics and Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 307-355

  Tabak, Iris ^a   Reiser, Brian J ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer based learning environments; Content; Discipline specific; Evolution; Inquiry; Representation; Science; Socio cultural environment; Software design

Indexed keywords

EID: 49549095091     PISSN: 09290907     EISSN: 15699943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/pc.16.2.06tab     Document Type: Article

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