Upingakuneng (when they are ready): Dynamic Assessment in a third semester Yugtun class

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-168

  Siekmann, Sabine ^a   Charles, Walkie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Indigenous language learning; Interactionist DA; Modelling; Reciprocity; Yup'ik

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956067810     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2011.565463     Document Type: Article

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