"Could they do it differently?": Narrative and argumentative changes in students' writing following discussion of hot historical issues

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-217

  Goldberg, Tsafrir ^a   Schwarz, Baruch B ^b   Porat, Dan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 79953867787     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07370008.2011.556832     Document Type: Article

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