Extraordinary animals and expository writing: Zoo in the classroom

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 299-304

  Trainin, Guy ^a   Wilson, Kathleen ^a   Wickless, Mimi ^b   Brooks, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Folsom Children's Zoo and Botanical Gardens   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal; Expository; Expository writing; Motivation; Narrative; Schemata; Science writing; Zoo

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844461096     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-005-7195-z     Document Type: Article

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