When genres meet: Inquiry into a sixth-grade urban science class

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 579-605

  Varelas, Maria ^a   Becker, Joe ^a   Luster, Barbara ^b   Wenzel, Stacy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0036729498     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.10037     Document Type: Article

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