Academic Discussions: An Analysis of Instructional Discourse and an Argument for an Integrative Assessment Framework

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1214-1250

  Elizabeth, Tracy ^a   Ross Anderson, Trisha L ^a   Snow, Elana H ^a   Selman, Robert L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic discussion; accountable talk; classroom discussion; discourse analysis; elementary education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869743279     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831212456066     Document Type: Article

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