"It isn't no slang that can be said about this stuff": Language, identity, and appropriating science discourse

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 96-126

  Brown, Bryan A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC IDENTITIES; EPISTEMIC NORMS; SCIENTIFIC LITERACY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CURRICULA; EDUCATION; STUDENTS;

FORMAL LANGUAGES;

EID: 33645675269     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20096     Document Type: Article

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