The Effect of Argumentative Task Goal on the Quality of Argumentative Discourse

Science Education

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 497-523

  Garcia Mila, Merce ^a   Gilabert, Sandra ^b   Erduran, Sibel ^c   Felton, Mark ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84879291602     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.21057     Document Type: Article

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