It's in my veins: Identity and disciplinary practice in students' discussions of a historical issue

Theory and Research in Social Education

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-64

  Goldberg, Tsafrir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

collaborative learning; ethnic identity; historical understanding; social cognition; social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874585513     PISSN: 00933104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00933104.2012.757265     Document Type: Article

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