Evaluating the language of different types of explanations in junior high school science texts

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 585-609

  Unsworth, Len ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 0040924308     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690010006473     Document Type: Article

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