Teaching science as a language: A "content-first" approach to science teaching

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 529-553

  Brown, Bryan A ^a   Ryoo, Kihyun ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biology; Elementary; Equity; Language of science classrooms

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS;

LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE CLASSROOMS; SCIENCE TEACHING; SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGES;

TEACHING;

EID: 43949116273     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20255     Document Type: Article

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