Elements of a community of learners in a middle school science classroom

Science Education

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 701-723

  Crawford, Barbara A ^a   Krajcik, Joseph S ^b   Marx, Ronald W ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0033457744     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199911)83:6<701::AID-SCE4>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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