Urban primary-grade children think and talk science: Curricular and instructional practices that nurture participation and argumentation

Science Education

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-95

  Varelas, Maria ^a   Pappas, Christine C ^a   Kane, Justine M ^a   Arsenault, Amy ^a   Hankes, Jennifer ^b   Cowan, Begoña Marnotes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Chicago Public Schools ^*

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EID: 38049125202     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20232     Document Type: Conference Paper

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