Literature’s place in learning history and science

Learning From Text Across Conceptual Domains

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 117-138

  Van Sledright, Bruce A ^a   Frankes, Lisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315045047-13     Document Type: Chapter

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