"Science Talks" in kindergarten classrooms: Improving classroom practice through collaborative action research

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-179

  Zhang, Meilan ^a   Passalacqua, Susan ^b   Lundeberg, Mary ^a   Koehler, Matthew J ^a   Eberhardt, Jan ^a   Parker, Joyce ^a   Urban Lurain, Mark ^a   Zhang, Tianyi ^a   Paik, Sunhee ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pinecrest Elementary School   (United States)

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EID: 77952320567     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-009-9161-8     Document Type: Article

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