Integration of dynamic assessment and instructional conversations to promote development and improve assessment in the language classroom

Language Teaching Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 303-322

  Davin, Kristin J ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic assessment; foreign language teaching; instructional conversation; Vygotsky; zone of proximal development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878929834     PISSN: 13621688     EISSN: 14770954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362168813482934     Document Type: Article

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