Learning from and responding to students' questions: The authoritative and dialogic tension

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-193

  Aguiar, Orlando G ^a   Mortimer, Eduardo F ^a   Scott, Phil ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Language of science and classrooms; Middle school science; Physical science

Indexed keywords

CLASSROOM INTERACTION; COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH; CONTENT AND STRUCTURE; LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE; MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE; OPEN UNIVERSITIES; PHYSICAL SCIENCE; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SCIENCE CLASSROOM; SECONDARY SCHOOLS;

LINGUISTICS; QUERY LANGUAGES; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 75749145475     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20315     Document Type: Article

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