From "Truth" to "Invented Reality": A Discourse Analysis of High School Physics Students' Talk about Scientific Knowledge

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-179

  Roth, Wolff Michael ^a   Lucas, Keith B ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 0000214557     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199702)34:2<145::AID-TEA4>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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