Scaffolding knowledge communities in the classroom: New opportunities in the web 2.0 era

Designs for Learning Environments of the Future: International Perspectives from the Learning Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 205-232

  Peters, Vanessa L ^a   Slotta, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaborative inquiry; Design experiments; Design based research; Knowledge building; Learning communities; Science education; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892360409     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-88279-6_8     Document Type: Chapter

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