From teachers to testers: How parents talk to novice and expert children in a natural history museum

Science Education

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 783-804

  Palmquist, Sasha ^a   Crowley, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 34548600101     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20215     Document Type: Article

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