Bridging reading comprehension and conceptual change in science education: The promise of refutation text

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 374-393

  Sinatra, Gale M ^a   Broughton, Suzanne H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84861652297     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/RRQ.005     Document Type: Review

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