How effective are teacher-initiated classroom questions in enhancing student learning?

Classroom Communication and Instructional Processes: Advances Through Meta-Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 279-293

  Gayle, Barbara Mae ^a   Preiss, Raymond W ^b   Allen, Mike ^c  

^a SAINT MARTIN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 70349810695     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203933145     Document Type: Chapter

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