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Publication details [#34614]

Chambliss, Marilyn J. and Lea A. Christenson. 2003. Fourth Graders Composing Scientific Explanations About the Effects of Pollutants: Writing to Understand. Written Communication 20 (4) : 426–454.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

child | explanation | genre

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

ISBN

0741-0883

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This study shows how explanation as a genre supports children's reasoning and understanding.