Content Matters: Building Vocabulary and Conceptual Understanding in the Subject Areas

Middle School Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 27-34

  Greenwood, Scott ^a  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34247468598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23276223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00940771.2004.11461428     Document Type: Article

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