Scaffolding collaborative exchanges between expert and novice language teachers in threaded discussions

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 212-228

  Lee, Lina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Expert scaffolding; Teacher preparation; Threaded discussion

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651119787     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2009.01018.x     Document Type: Article

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