Meaning making in high school science classrooms: A framework for analysing meaning making interactions

Research and the Quality of Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 395-406

  Scott, Phil ^a   Mortimer, Eduardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

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EID: 77952878014     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3673-6_31     Document Type: Chapter

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