Learning from classroom questions and answers: Teachers' uncertainties about children's language

Journal of Literacy Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 471-505

  Edwards, Barbara ^a   Davis, Boyd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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EID: 33749620773     PISSN: 1086296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10862969709547971     Document Type: Article

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