Using students' epistemologies of science to guide the practice of argumentation

ICLS 2006 - International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 321-327

  Kenyon, Lisa ^a   Kuhn, Leema ^b   Reiser, Brian J ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL APPROACH; PROJECT-BASED; SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERACY; WORK PRODUCTS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84858157112     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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