Knowing what you tell, telling what you know: Uncertainty and asymmetries of meaning in interpreting graphical data

Cultural Studies of Science Education

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-81

  Roth, Wolff Michael ^a   Middleton, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Interviews; Knowledgeability; Temporality; Unit of analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645541670     PISSN: 18711502     EISSN: 18711510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11422-005-9000-y     Document Type: Article

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