Making productive use of exemplars: Peer discussion and teacher guidance for positive transfer of strategies

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 746-764

  To, Jessica ^a   Carless, David ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

exemplars; peer discussion; positive transfer; quality; teacher guidance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924115385     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309877X.2015.1014317     Document Type: Article

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