Learning about plate tectonics through argument-writing

Alberta Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 196-217

  Klein, Perry D ^a,b   Samuels, Boba ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Faculty Education   (Canada)

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