"A sketch is like a sentence": Curriculum structures that support teaching epistemic practices of science

Science Education

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 608-630

  Enfield, Mark ^a   Smith, Edward L ^b   Grueber, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 47049089786     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20252     Document Type: Article

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