The Priority of the Question: Focus Questions for Sustained Reasoning in Science

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 495-511

  Lustick, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus questions; Scientific inquiry; Sustained reasoning; Teacher knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954426126     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-010-9192-1     Document Type: Article

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