Social Models of Learning and Assessment

The Handbook of Cognition and Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 146-173

  Penuel, William R ^a   Shepard, Lorrie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom assessment; Curricular activity system; Knowledge in pieces; Learning progressions; Social models of cognition; Sociocultural theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018920991     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118956588.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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