Multimodal representations during an inquiry problem-solving activity in a Year 6 science class: A case study investigating cooperation, physiological arousal and belief states

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 111-127

  Gillies, Robyn M ^a   Carroll, Annemaree ^a   Cunnington, Ross ^a   Rafter, Mary ^a   Palghat, Kelsey ^a   Bednark, Jeff ^a   Bourgeois, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

dialogic processes; engagement and cooperation; motivation and learning; physiological states; Scientific conceptual understanding; scientific representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981508204     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: 20505884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004944116650701     Document Type: Article

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