Constructivism in an age of non-constructivist assessments

Constructivist Instruction: Success or Failure?

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 34-61

  Schwartz, Daniel L ^a   Lindgren, Robb ^a   Lewis, Sarah ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84909114173     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203878842     Document Type: Chapter

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