Can teacher instructions be improved to enhance task completion by primary schoolchildren?

Support for Learning

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 70-73

  Boyle, Christopher ^a   Lauchlan, Fraser ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Teacher interactions; Verbal reinforcement; Written instructions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953750349     PISSN: 02682141     EISSN: 14679604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9604.2010.01447.x     Document Type: Article

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