The role of CLEAR thinking in learning science from multiple-document inquiry tasks

International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-78

  Griffin, Thomas D ^a   Wiley, Jennifer ^a   Britt, M Anne ^a   Salas, Carlos R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Earth science; Learning from text; Multiple document inquiry tasks; Thinking dispositions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874027242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13079298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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