Learning and constructivism

Constructivist Instruction: Success or Failure?

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 223-241

  Kintsch, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 84909341439     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203878842     Document Type: Chapter

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