Collaboration and co-construction of knowledge during language awareness activities in Canadian Elementary School

Language Awareness

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-155

  Dagenais, Diane ^a   Walsh, Nathalie ^a   Armand, Françoise ^b   Maraillet, Erica ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Language awareness; Sociocultural theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349174509     PISSN: 09658416     EISSN: 17477506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/la442.0     Document Type: Article

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