Interactions Between Classroom Discourse, Teacher Questioning, and Student Cognitive Engagement in Middle School Science

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 249-267

  Smart, Julie B ^a   Marshall, Jeff C ^b  

^a PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse; Inquiry based instruction; Middle grades; Teacher questioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876072779     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-012-9297-9     Document Type: Article

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