Developing expository writing skills in science through the integration of inquiry-based science and literacy instruction

The Work of Language in Multicultural Classrooms: Talking Science, Writing Science

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 49-68

  Ku, Yu Min ^a   Yoo, Monica S ^b   Garcia, Eugene E ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80054028898     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203866979     Document Type: Chapter

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