The relationship between teaching and learning conceptions, preferred teaching approaches and questioning practices

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-243

  Pedrosa de Jesus, Maria Helena ^a   da Silva Lopes, Betina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biology; Dialogic interaction; Higher education; Preferential teaching approaches; Questioning; Teaching and learning conceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957959821     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671522.2011.561980     Document Type: Article

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