Developing Young Thinkers: An intervention aimed to enhance children's thinking skills

Thinking Skills and Creativity

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 104-124

  Burke, Lynsey A ^a   Williams, Joanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Education; Intervention; Pedagogy; Thinking skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 50149093819     PISSN: 18711871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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