Conducting Talk in Secondary Science Classrooms: Investigating Instructional Moves and Teachers' Beliefs

Science Education

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 367-394

  Pimentel, Diane Silva ^a   Mcneill, Katherine L ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84876355017     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.21061     Document Type: Article

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