Scientific argument and explanation: A necessary distinction?

Science Education

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 627-638

  Osborne, Jonathan F ^a   Patterson, Alexis ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79958111435     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20438     Document Type: Article

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