Developing a community of thinking: Assessment of environmental education

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-123

  Singh, Penny ^a  

^a DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Community of practice; Community of thinking; Dialog; Oral assessment; Problem solving; Situated assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951572082     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2010.484881     Document Type: Article

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