Can the interactive whiteboard help to provide 'dialogic space' for children's collaborative activity?

Language and Education

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 367-384

  Mercer, Neil ^a   Warwick, Paul ^a   Kershner, Ruth ^a   Staarman, Judith Kleine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classroom dialogue; Collaboration; Exploratory talk; Interactive communications technology; Primary school education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955223568     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500781003642460     Document Type: Article

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