Developing elementary teachers' understanding of the discourse structure of inquiry-based science classrooms

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 247-269

  Oliveira, Alandeom W ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse; Inquiry; Neutrality; Reactive comments; Science; Social understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952287143     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-009-9172-0     Document Type: Article

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