Sustaining knowledge building as a principle-based innovation at an elementary school

Journal of the Learning Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 262-307

  Zhang, Jianwei ^a   Hong, Huang Yao ^b   Scardamalia, Marlene ^c   Teo, Chew Lee ^c   Morley, Elizabeth A ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 79957589559     PISSN: 10508406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508406.2011.528317     Document Type: Article

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