Knowledge communities in the classroom

International Encyclopedia of Education

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 189-196

  Slotta, J D ^a   Najafi, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaboration; FCL; Inquiry; Knowledge building; Knowledge communities; Scaffolding; Technology; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858388696     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-044894-7.00742-9     Document Type: Chapter

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