What Connects “Good” Teaching, Text Study and Hevruta Learning? A Conceptual Argument

Journal of Jewish Education

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 183-204

  Holzer, Elie ^a,b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84954385311     PISSN: 15244113     EISSN: 1554611X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15244110600990163     Document Type: Article

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