Expert support for group work in elementary science: The role of consensus

Transformation of Knowledge through Classroom Interaction

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 93-104

  Howe, Christine ^a  

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203879276     Document Type: Chapter

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