How and why do teachers explain things the way they do?

Instructional Explanations in the Disciplines

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 83-106

  Schoenfeld, Alan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acting in the moment; decision making; explanations; theory of teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155143465     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0594-9_7     Document Type: Chapter

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