Not by achievement analysis alone: How inquiry needs to be informed by evidence from classroom practices

New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-108

  Lai, Mei Kuin ^a   McNaughton, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Analysing data; Classroom inquiry; Teacher observations; Vocabulary instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859606137     PISSN: 00288276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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