Do teachers ask students to read news in secondary science?: Evidence from the Canadian context

Science Education

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 496-521

  Kachan, Melissa R ^a,b   Guilbert, Sandra M ^a   Bisanz, Gay L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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EID: 33646680267     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20113     Document Type: Article

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