Teachers Implementing Writing-To-Learn Strategies in Junior Secondary Science: A Case Study

Science Education

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 737-755

  Hand, Brian ^a   Prain, Vaughan ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0036031775     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.10016     Document Type: Article

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