Engaging elementary students in learning science: an analysis of classroom dialogue

Instructional Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 25-44

  Watters, James J ^a   Diezmann, Carmel M ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beginning teachers; Communicative practices; Elementary education; Language in science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957847441     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: 15731952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-015-9364-7     Document Type: Article

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