Formation of learning activity and theoreticalthinking in science teaching

Vygotsky's Educational Theory in Cultural Context

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 267-288

  Giest, Hartmut ^a   Lompscher, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

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EID: 8344255289     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511840975.015     Document Type: Chapter

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