Noisy zones of proximal development: Conversation in noisy classrooms

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-93

  McKellin, William H ^a   Shahin, Kimary ^b   Hodgson, Murray ^a   Jamieson, Janet ^a   Pichora Fuller, M Kathleen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic ecology; Collaborative learning; Context; Conversation; Listening; Noise

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952028739     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9841.2010.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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