Imitating, reasoning, discussing: Student conceptions of learning around the world

Imitating, Reasoning, Discussing: Student Conceptions of Learning Around the World

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-180

  Cantoia, Manuela ^a   Giordanelli, Cinzia ^a   Pérez Tello, Sonia ^a   Antonietti, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

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