Elementary students' strategies for writing-to-learn in science

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 317-348

  Klein, Perry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0040358915     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S1532690XCI1803_2     Document Type: Article

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