Individual and group meaning-making in an urban third grade classroom: Red Fog, Cold Cans, and Seeping Vapor

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1032-1061

  Southerland, Sherry ^a   Kittleson, Julie ^b   Settlage, John ^c   Lanier, Kimberly ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENT PERSPECTIVE; KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION; RHETORICAL MOVES;

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; PERSONNEL; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; TEACHING; URBAN PLANNING;

CONDENSATION;

EID: 30544454804     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20088     Document Type: Article

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