The analysis of classroom talk: Methods and methodologies

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Mercer, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; TEACHING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TEACHING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 75949113019     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709909X479853     Document Type: Review

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