Intertextuality in read-alouds of integrated science-literacy units in urban primary classrooms: Opportunities for the development of thought and language

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-259

  Varelas, Maria ^a   Pappas, Christine C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 33744980647     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532690xci2402_2     Document Type: Article

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