The relationship between teacher behaviours and student talk in promoting quality learning in science classrooms

Research in Science Education

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-186

  Mitchell, Ian ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Metacognition; Quality learning; Science content; Student talk; Teacher behaviours

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955093806     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-008-9106-9     Document Type: Article

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